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Ookla Research™ Articles
| July 17, 2023

48 New Ookla Market Reports Available for Q2 2023

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Ookla® Market Reports™ identify key data about internet performance in countries across the world. This quarter we’ve provided updated analyses for 48 markets using Speedtest Intelligence® and summarized a few top takeaways below. Click through to the market report to see more details and charts about the countries you’re interested in, including the fastest fixed broadband providers and mobile operators, who had the most consistent service, and 5G and device performance in select countries during Q2 2023. Jump forward to a continent using these links:

Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania

Africa

  • Cameroon: Speedtest Intelligence data showed no winner for fastest mobile operator in Cameroon during Q2 2023. blue had the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 191 ms, while Douala had the fastest median mobile download speed among Cameroon’s most populous cities at 15.51 Mbps.
  • Ethiopia: Safaricom had the fastest median mobile download speed at 35.19 Mbps during Q2 2023. Safaricom also recorded the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 42 ms, and highest Consistency of 89.4%. Of Ethiopia’s most populous cities, Gondar had the fastest median mobile download speed of 61.22 Mbps.
  • Tanzania: There were no winners over fastest mobile or fixed broadband in Tanzania during Q2 2023. Maisha Broadband registered the lowest median multi-server latency in Tanzania at 14 ms. Of Tanzania’s most populous cities, Dar es Salaam had the fastest median mobile download speed of 26.33 Mbps, while Mbeya had the fastest median fixed download speed of 21.32 Mbps.

Americas

  • Argentina: Personal had the fastest median download speed over mobile (35.05 Mbps) and lowest mobile multi-server latency (38 ms) during Q2 2023. In the fixed broadband market, Movistar recorded the fastest median download speed (98.37 Mbps) and lowest multi-server latency (12 ms). Among Argentina’s most populous cities, Buenos Aires recorded the fastest download speeds across mobile and fixed broadband networks.
  • Belize: Digi had the fastest median mobile download and upload speeds of 17.61 Mbps and 9.88 Mbps respectively during Q2 2023. It also recorded the highest Consistency of 79.8%. smart! recorded the lowest median mobile multi-server latency, of 67 ms. NEXGEN had the fastest median download and upload performance over fixed broadband in Belize at 48.65 Mbps and 47.38 Mbps respectively.
  • Canada: Bell was the fastest mobile operator in Canada with a median download speed of 116.59 Mbps in Q2 2023. Bell also had the fastest median 5G download speed at 208.05 Mbps. Rogers had the fastest median mobile upload speed of 13.29 Mbps, and the highest Consistency of 84.7%. Bell pure fibre was fastest for fixed broadband across both download (277.24 Mbps) and upload (235.27 Mbps) speeds. Of Canada’s most populous cities, St. John’s recorded the fastest median mobile download speed (214.29 Mbps) and Fredericton recorded the fastest median fixed download speed (239.28 Mbps). 
  • Colombia: Movistar was fastest for fixed broadband with a median download speed of 161.28 Mbps in Q2 2023. ETB had the lowest median multi-server latency over fixed broadband at 8 ms. Of Colombia’s most populous cities, Cartagena recorded the fastest median fixed download speed of 109.01 Mbps.
  • Costa Rica: Claro had the fastest median download and upload speeds among mobile operators at 51.88 Mbps and 12.56 Mbps respectively. Liberty had the lowest mobile multi-server latency at 34 ms, and the highest Consistency at 79.7%. Metrocom was fastest for fixed broadband download and upload performance, at 192.00 Mbps and 143.94 Mbps respectively.
  • Dominican Republic: Claro had the fastest median download and upload speeds among mobile operators at 30.60 Mbps and 8.70 Mbps respectively. Viva had the lowest mobile multi-server latency at 44 ms. SpaceX’s Starlink was fastest for fixed broadband at 57.31 Mbps.
  • Ecuador: CNT was the fastest mobile operator in Ecuador with a median download speed of 28.45 Mbps in Q2 2023. It also recorded the highest Consistency of 81.5%. Movistar registered the lowest median multi-server latency in Ecuador at 39 ms. Netlife was fastest for fixed broadband, at 78.36 Mbps.
  • El Salvador: Claro had the fastest median download and upload speeds among mobile operators at 42.00 Mbps and 15.42 Mbps respectively. Movistar registered the lowest median multi-server latency in El Salvador at 65 ms. Cable Color recorded the fastest median fixed download speed (51.14 Mbps), upload speed (47.58 Mbps), and lowest median multi-server latency (35 ms).
  • Guatemala: Claro was the fastest mobile operator in Guatemala with a median download speed of 34.67 Mbps and median upload speed of 20.68 Mbps. Claro also had the highest Consistency with 84.4% of results showing at least a 5 Mbps minimum download speed and 1 Mbps minimum upload speed. Claro was also fastest for median fixed download performance, at 40.60 Mbps, while Cable Color was fastest for fixed upload performance, at 26.85 Mbps, and had the lowest median multi-server latency, of 35 ms.
  • Guyana: ENet was the top performing operator in the market, recording a median mobile download and upload speed of 67.58 Mbps and 20.92 Mbps respectively, and a median fixed download and upload speed of 62.40 Mbps and 39.66 Mbps respectively, in Q2 2023. ENet also recorded the lowest median multi-server latency across mobile and fixed networks.
  • Haiti: Digicel was the fastest mobile operator in Haiti with a median mobile download speed of 10.53 Mbps and median upload speed of 6.99 Mbps. SpaceX Starlink had the fastest median fixed download speed at 60.24 Mbps, while Natcom had the fastest median fixed upload speeds (17.76 Mbps) and lowest median fixed multi-server latency at 32 ms. 
  • Jamaica: Flow was the fastest mobile operator in Jamaica with a median download speed of 35.56 Mbps. Flow also had the lowest mobile median multi-server latency at 36 ms. SpaceX Starlink had the fastest median fixed speeds at 84.93 Mbps.
  • Mexico: Telcel had the fastest median download speed over mobile at 48.76 Mbps, and for 5G at 223.93 Mbps. Telcel also had the lowest mobile median multi-server latency at 64 ms. Totalplay was fastest for fixed broadband (87.03 Mbps) and had the lowest median multi-server latency at 24 ms. Among Mexico’s most populous cities, Guadalajara recorded the fastest median mobile download speed of 39.13 Mbps, and Monterrey the fastest median fixed download speed of 78.30 Mbps.
  • Peru: Claro was the fastest mobile operator with a median download speed of 22.67 Mbps, and had the highest mobile network Consistency in the market with 80.4%. Apple devices had the fastest median download speed among top device manufacturers at 29.68 Mbps.
  • Trinidad and Tobago: Digicel had the fastest median download speed over mobile at 37.34 Mbps, and highest Consistency of 87.7%. Digicel+ had the fastest median fixed broadband download and upload speed at 99.11 Mbps and 98.32 Mbps respectively, and the lowest median multi-server latency at 7 ms.
  • United States: T-Mobile was the fastest mobile operator with a median download speed of 164.76 Mbps. T-Mobile also had the fastest median 5G download speed at 220.00 Mbps, and lowest 5G multi-server latency of 51 ms. Spectrum edged out Cox as the fastest fixed broadband provider with a median download speed of 243.02 Mbps. Verizon had the lowest median multi-server latency on fixed broadband at 15 ms.
  • Venezuela: Digitel was the fastest mobile operator with a median download speed of 9.53 Mbps, and had the highest mobile network Consistency in the market with 58.1%. Airtek Solutions had the fastest fixed median download speed of 73.44 Mbps, and lowest median multi-server latency at 8 ms.

Asia

  • Afghanistan: The fastest mobile operator in Afghanistan was Afghan Wireless with a median download speed of 7.17 Mbps. It also had the lowest median multi-server latency at 78 ms, and highest Consistency of 58.1% in Q2 2023.
  • Bangladesh: Banglalink was the fastest mobile operator in Bangladesh with a median download speed of 23.47 Mbps in Q2 2023. DOT Internet was the fastest fixed broadband provider with a median download speed of 90.88 Mbps and had the lowest median multi-server latency at 4 ms.
  • Bhutan: There was no fastest mobile operator in Bhutan during Q2 2023, but TashiCell had the lowest median multi-server latency at 42 ms, and offered the highest Consistency in the market with 83.8%.
  • Brunei: There was no statistical winner for fastest mobile download performance during Q2 2023 in Brunei, but Apple devices had the fastest median download speed at 143.97 Mbps.
  • Cambodia: Cellcard recorded the fastest median mobile download speeds at 31.60 Mbps during Q2 2023. SINET had the fastest median fixed download speed at 42.26 Mbps.
  • China: China Mobile was the fastest mobile operator with a median download speed of 132.81 Mbps. China Mobile also had the fastest median mobile 5G download speed at 279.14 Mbps. China Unicom was fastest for fixed broadband at 222.22 Mbps.
  • Georgia: There was no statistical winner for fastest mobile download performance during Q2 2023 in Georgia. Geocell recorded the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 39 ms, while Magti recorded the highest mobile Consistency with 90.0%. MagtiCom had the fastest median fixed speed at 27.81 Mbps. MagtiCom also had the lowest median multi-server latency at 11 ms.
  • Indonesia: Telkomsel was the fastest Indonesian mobile operator with a median download speed of 28.71 Mbps. Telkomsel also had the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 46 ms.
  • Japan: There was no statistical winner for fastest mobile download performance during Q2 2023 in Japan, however Rakuten recorded the fastest mobile upload speed at 19.90 Mbps. So-net had the fastest fixed download and upload speeds, at 276.58 Mbps and 179.51 Mbps respectively, and the lowest median multi-server latency at 9 ms.
  • Malaysia: TIME was the fastest fixed provider in Malaysia with a median download speed of 108.38 Mbps, and had the lowest multi-server latency at 9 ms.
  • Pakistan: Transworld had the fastest median fixed broadband download speed in Pakistan at 17.10 Mbps, and the highest Consistency, at 36.6%.
  • Philippines: Smart delivered the fastest median mobile download speed in the Philippines at 35.39 Mbps. 
  • South Korea: SK Telecom recorded the fastest median mobile download and upload speeds at 161.16 Mbps and 16.37 Mbps respectively. LG U+ had the lowest median multi-server latency in the market at 63 ms. KT delivered the fastest median fixed download speed at 131.09 Mbps.
  • Sri Lanka: SLT-Mobitel delivered the fastest mobile and fixed broadband speeds in Sri Lanka at 20.71 Mbps and 38.97 Mbps, respectively in Q2 2023. Dialog had the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 35 ms, and the highest Consistency, at 81.8%.
  • United Arab Emirates: etisalat by e& recorded the fastest median download speeds across both mobile and fixed, at 216.65 Mbps and 261.98 Mbps respectively in Q2 2023. etisalat by e& also had the fastest median 5G download speed at 680.88 Mbps and lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 35 ms. du recorded the lowest fixed multi-server latency, at 12 ms.
  • Vietnam: Vinaphone had the fastest median mobile download speed in Q2 2023, at 52.58 Mbps. It also had the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 34 ms, and highest Consistency at 94.8%. Viettel was the fastest fixed provider with a median download speed of 105.72 Mbps.

Europe

  • Albania: Digicom was the fastest fixed broadband provider in Albania in Q2 2023, recording a median download speed of 93.40 Mbps. It also recorded the highest Consistency in the market, at 86.0%. There was no winner for fastest mobile operator in the market.
  • Belgium: Proximus recorded the fastest median mobile download speed during Q2 2023, at 78.01 Mbps. It also recorded the highest Consistency in the market, at 90.5%. Telenet had the fastest median fixed download speed at 143.42 Mbps. Among Belgium’s most populous cities, Ghent recorded the fastest median mobile download speed of 187.90 Mbps, and Antwerp the fastest median fixed download speed of 87.72 Mbps.
  • Denmark: YouSee was the fastest mobile operator in Denmark with a median download speed of 140.59 Mbps. Hiper was fastest for fixed broadband at 268.02 Mbps.
  • Estonia: The fastest mobile operator in Estonia was Telia with a median download speed of 101.32 Mbps. Telia also had the lowest median multi-server latency on mobile at 31 ms. Elisa was the fastest fixed broadband provider, with a median download speed of 94.70 Mbps.
  • Finland: DNA had the fastest median mobile download speed at 99.07 Mbps. Lounea was fastest for fixed broadband at 105.84 Mbps and had the lowest median multi-server latency at 11 ms.
  • Germany: Telekom was the fastest mobile operator in Germany with a median download speed of 93.39 Mbps, and a median download speed with 5G at 187.25 Mbps. Vodafone recorded the fastest fixed broadband performance, with a median download speed at 121.76 Mbps. It also recorded the highest Consistency in the market, at 83.8%.
  • Latvia: BITĖ was the fastest mobile operator in Latvia during Q2 2023, with a median download speed of 114.51 Mbps. LMT recorded the lowest mobile multi-server latency, at 26 ms.  Balticom was fastest for fixed broadband with a median download speed of 243.92 Mbps. Balticom also had the lowest median fixed broadband multi-server latency at 4 ms.
  • Lithuania: The mobile operator with the fastest median download speed was Telia at 117.68 Mbps in Q2 2023. It also recorded the highest Consistency in the market, at 95.0%. Cgates was fastest for fixed broadband with a median download speed at 161.67 Mbps.
  • Poland: UPC was the fastest provider for fixed broadband with a median download speed of 223.32 Mbps in Q2 2023. There was no statistical winner for fastest mobile operator during Q2 2023, however Plus recorded the fastest median 5G download performance, at 153.19 Mbps.
  • Switzerland: Salt blazed ahead for the fastest fixed broadband in Switzerland, with a median download speed of 358.73 Mbps. Salt also had the lowest median multi-server latency over fixed broadband at 8 ms, and highest Consistency in the market, at 94.1%.
  • Turkey: Turkcell was the fastest mobile operator in Turkey with a median download speed of 58.52 Mbps. Türk Telekom had the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 39 ms. TurkNet was fastest for fixed broadband, with a median download speed of 62.80 Mbps. It recorded the lowest median fixed multi-server latency, at 13 ms, and highest Consistency, at 80.5%. Among Turkey’s most populous cities, Istanbul recorded the fastest median download speeds across mobile and fixed, of 39.89 Mbps, and 40.27 Mbps respectively.

Oceania

  • New Zealand: Speedtest Intelligence data showed no winner for fastest mobile operator in New Zealand during Q2 2023. 2degrees had the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 40 ms, and the highest Consistency, at 91.6%.

The Speedtest Global Index is your resource to understand how internet connectivity compares around the world and how it’s changing. Check back next month for updated data on country and city rankings, and look for updated Ookla Market Reports with Q3 2023 data in October.

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Mark Giles

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| January 24, 2018

GOOOOAL: Which World Cup Finalist Scored the Fastest Internet in their Capital City?

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Whether you call it soccer or football, everyone calls the World Cup fun. We couldn’t wait for the actual match-ups in June, so we decided to pit the qualifying countries against one another to see who has the fastest internet speeds in their capital cities. The results might surprise you.

Get ready to watch Russia best Brazil and Portugal defeat Iran; meanwhile, Argentina and Nigeria and Belgium and England are preparing for penalty shoot-outs.

Using data from Speedtest Intelligence for Q3-Q4 2017, we’ve calculated which capital cities of World Cup-qualifying countries have the fastest mobile and fixed broadband speeds. We also took a peek at the fastest carriers and internet service providers (ISPs) in each capital using Speed Score, a comprehensive metric that combines measures of internet performance at all levels.

Mobile winners

Iceland’s sixth place ranking for mobile download speed in the Speedtest Global IndexTM virtually assured that Reykjavík would come out at the top of the list of fastest World Cup contenders. Canberra represents Australia well with a second place finish for mobile download speeds among World Cup capitals. And Brussels, Belgium barely surpasses Bern, Switzerland for a third place finish.

Mobile Internet Speeds
Capitals of World Cup Qualifying Countries | Q3 – Q4 2017
Country Capital City Average Download (Mbps) Average Upload (Mbps)
Iceland Reykjavík 55.49 21.53
Australia Canberra 44.24 12.60
Belgium Brussels 42.52 16.74
Switzerland Bern 42.02 17.52
South Korea Seoul 41.85 14.15
Denmark Copenhagen 41.78 18.29
Croatia Zagreb 41.16 16.40
Sweden Stockholm 40.12 12.63
Spain Madrid 38.30 14.02
Portugal Lisbon 30.60 11.39
Serbia Belgrade 30.33 12.49
France Paris 29.03 9.26
Poland Warsaw 26.94 9.84
Germany Berlin 25.83 9.51
England London 25.09 11.49
Russia Moscow 21.89 8.49
Japan Tokyo 19.89 7.10
Uruguay Montevideo 19.82 11.49
Mexico Mexico City 19.11 11.51
Peru Lima 18.33 12.90
Tunisia Tunis 18.27 8.07
Brazil Brasília 18.00 8.64
Morocco Rabat 17.32 9.76
Colombia Bogotá 16.87 9.50
Nigeria Abuja 16.17 6.76
Iran Tehran 15.05 7.04
Argentina Buenos Aires 13.77 7.70
Egypt Cairo 13.15 6.33
Panama Panama City 12.89 8.45
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 12.28 8.88
Senegal Dakar 8.85 3.81
Costa Rica San José 5.97 3.33

Looking at the group draw, Group A fares the worst with 16th place Moscow, Russia being the capital city with the fastest mobile downloads in the group. In Group B, Spain comes out on top. Australia wins Group C, Iceland takes Group D, Switzerland leads Group E and South Korea has the fastest mobile download speed in Group F. Belgium finishes first in Group G and Poland prevails in Group H, despite a 13th place finish overall.

From a regional perspective, European capitals top the rankings with all 14 European World Cup capitals sitting in the top half of the list. Latin American, Middle Eastern and African cities fare worst. Asia’s two contenders are split with Seoul boasting the fifth fastest mobile download speed among World Cup capitals and Tokyo, Japan coming in 17th.

The fastest World Cup capital in Latin America (Montevideo, Uruguay) shows a 64.3% slower mobile download speed than Reykjavík. First place among African World Cup capitals, Rabat, Morocco is 68.8% slower than Reykjavík for mobile downloads. And Tehran, Iran, the fastest World Cup capital in the Middle East, is 72.9% slower than Reykjavík.

Fastest carriers

We also looked into which carriers were fastest in each of the 32 World Cup capital cities.

With Speed Scores ranging from 8.89 in Dakar, Senegal to 46.57 in Brussels, mobile carrier Orange was fastest in four cities and tied for fastest in one. Vodafone was fastest in both Lisbon, Portugal and Madrid, Spain with comparable Speed Scores in the two locations. The rest of the cities show the diversity of fastest carriers that you might expect from a worldwide competition.

Fastest Carriers Speeds
Capitals of World Cup Qualifying Countries | Q3 – Q4 2017
Country Capital City Fastest Carrier Speed Score
Argentina Buenos Aires Personal 16.15
Australia Canberra Telstra 50.21
Belgium Brussels Orange 46.57
Brazil Brasília Claro 24.72
Colombia Bogotá Avantel 20.93
Costa Rica San José ICE 8.30
Croatia Zagreb Hrvatski Telekom 49.35
Denmark Copenhagen TDC / Telia 45.34 / 45.09
Egypt Cairo Orange 16.50
England London EE 36.83
France Paris Orange 33.15
Germany Berlin Telekom 53.54
Iceland Reykjavík Nova 64.61
Iran Tehran MTN IranCell 15.89
Japan Tokyo SoftBank 27.26
Mexico Mexico City AT&T 20.26
Morocco Rabat inwi 20.51
Nigeria Abuja MTN 29.23
Panama Panama City Cable & Wireless Panama / Movistar 14.85 / 14.80
Peru Lima Entel Peru 20.73
Poland Warsaw T-Mobile 36.07
Portugal Lisbon Vodafone 42.44
Russia Moscow MegaFon 37.06
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Zain 13.20
Senegal Dakar Orange 8.89
Serbia Belgrade Vip mobile 45.56
South Korea Seoul LG U+ 50.03
Spain Madrid Vodafone 40.17
Sweden Stockholm Telia 54.49
Switzerland Bern Sunrise / Swisscom 42.14 / 41.91
Tunisia Tunis Ooredoo / Orange 19.90 / 19.89
Uruguay Montevideo Antel 20.35

Fixed broadband winners

Given that Iceland ranks second in the world for fixed broadband download speed on the Speedtest Global Index and has the world’s highest gigabit user penetration (GUP), we’re not surprised to see Reykjavík shut out the competition by coming out on top of World Cup contenders for fixed broadband speed, too. Seoul, South Korea comes in second for fixed broadband download speed among World Cup capitals and Paris, France takes third.

Fixed Broadband Internet Speeds
Capitals of World Cup Qualifying Countries | Q3 – Q4 2017
Country Capital City Average Download (Mbps) Average Upload (Mbps)
Iceland Reykjavík 142.89 154.28
South Korea Seoul 130.75 131.96
France Paris 112.58 55.86
Sweden Stockholm 98.77 66.68
Spain Madrid 86.59 73.43
Japan Tokyo 75.88 70.46
Denmark Copenhagen 72.74 52.13
Switzerland Bern 68.82 54.44
Poland Warsaw 62.57 16.19
Portugal Lisbon 55.80 30.97
England London 52.53 16.12
Germany Berlin 46.84 9.52
Russia Moscow 45.25 42.96
Belgium Brussels 43.25 9.63
Panama Panama City 29.11 5.93
Australia Canberra 28.85 12.46
Serbia Belgrade 26.45 5.59
Croatia Zagreb 26.20 11.40
Mexico Mexico City 24.11 10.14
Uruguay Montevideo 23.02 5.82
Argentina Buenos Aires 22.03 4.26
Brazil Brasília 21.57 5.29
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 20.93 9.05
Peru Lima 18.15 3.51
Colombia Bogotá 13.43 6.48
Morocco Rabat 11.83 2.51
Iran Tehran 9.33 4.18
Costa Rica San José 8.79 4.29
Nigeria Abuja 8.07 5.27
Tunisia Tunis 7.82 4.49
Senegal Dakar 7.42 3.11
Egypt Cairo 5.61 1.92

Group A again suffers on the fixed side with leader Russia coming in 13th based on Moscow’s fixed broadband download speed. Spain’s still the front-runner of Group B. France takes Group C, Iceland wins Group D, Switzerland tops Group E, South Korea reigns over Group F, England heads up Group G and Japan starts Group H based on average download speeds over fixed broadband in their respective capitals.

European capitals again fare well, with 12 of the 14 placing in the top half of fastest World Cup capitals for fixed broadband download speed. Belgrade, Serbia and Zagreb, Croatia rank 17th and 18th, respectively. Tokyo ranks much better for fixed broadband download speed than for mobile, which puts both Asian World Cup capitals in the top six.

With the exception of Panama City, Panama, which ranks 15th, all Latin American World Cup capitals are in the bottom half of the list for download speed over fixed broadband. As are all Middle Eastern and African capital cities.

Panama City’s fixed broadband download speed is 79.6% slower than Reykjavík’s. Riyadh, Saudia Arabia boasts the title of fastest World Cup capital in the Middle East, but is still 85.4% slower for fixed broadband downloads than Reykjavík. The fastest World Cup capital in Africa — Rabat, Morocco — is 91.7% slower than Reykjavík.

Fastest providers

Comparing Speed Scores for fixed broadband across World Cup capitals, Vodafone had wins in Berlin, Germany and Lisbon and Orange took Paris and tied for first in Madrid. The rest of the fastest ISPs vary by location as listed below:

Fastest ISPs Speeds
Capitals of World Cup Qualifying Countries | Q3 – Q4 2017
Country Capital City Fastest ISP Speed Score
Argentina Buenos Aires Cablevisión Fibertel 21.72
Australia Canberra iiNet 33.23
Belgium Brussels Telenet 66.95
Brazil Brasília NET Virtua 27.30
Colombia Bogotá ETB 19.17
Costa Rica San José Cabletica 8.28
Croatia Zagreb vip 30.23
Denmark Copenhagen Fiberby 103.26
Egypt Cairo TE Data 4.84
England London Hyperoptic 117.40
France Paris Orange 107.20
Germany Berlin Vodafone 55.46
Iceland Reykjavík Nova 278.06
Iran Tehran Mobin Net 11.74
Japan Tokyo So-net 118.05
Mexico Mexico City Axtel 45.83
Morocco Rabat Maroc Telecom 9.25
Nigeria Abuja MTN 10.73
Panama Panama City Cable Onda 25.08
Peru Lima Movistar 16.64
Poland Warsaw UPC 82.72
Portugal Lisbon Vodafone 61.80
Russia Moscow MGTS 62.00
Saudi Arabia Riyadh STC 16.46
Senegal Dakar Tigo 6.42
Serbia Belgrade SBB 34.60
South Korea Seoul KT 162.45
Spain Madrid Masmovil / Orange 101.52 / 101.34
Sweden Stockholm Ownit 158.78
Switzerland Bern Fiber7 241.93
Tunisia Tunis TOPNET 7.61
Uruguay Montevideo Antel 22.01

Did your team not come out as expected? Or are you defending a tight match? Take a Speedtest on Android, iOS or on the web and we’ll check back in on scores closer to the main event.

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Isla McKetta

Ookla Research™ Articles
| May 2, 2018

The American Globetrotter's Guide to Roaming Speeds

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Mobile roaming has come a long way from the days when I spent most of my tour of China touring hotel lobbies desperately hoping to connect my U.S. flip phone to the Wi-Fi. Not only can you actually get a signal in most countries these days, some carriers offer special packages for the jet set so you don’t have to pay extra for roaming calls and data.

But how are the speeds?

Using Q1 2018 Speedtest® data, we’re here to report on mobile roaming speeds for U.S. consumers in 15 popular destinations, including which carriers are fastest where. For overall speeds we look at data from all devices and when we analyze carriers we look only at data for modern (LTE-capable) devices.

Where roaming speeds will (and will not) let you down

Get thee to Canada! Our analysis of roaming Speedtest results found that U.S. customers in Canada saw a mean download speed of 42.03 Mbps during Q1 2018. That’s not quite as fast as the 45.28 Mbps Canadians receive on their home mobile networks, but it beats the 27.08 Mbps average in the U.S.

Roaming Speeds for U.S. Customers Abroad
Q1 2018
Country Download (Mbps) Upload (Mbps)
Canada 42.03 13.50
South Korea 21.81 8.60
Mexico 18.02 10.18
Spain 13.23 7.09
Italy 12.70 6.38
France 12.48 5.45
Australia 11.84 6.96
Japan 10.91 4.79
United Kingdom 10.40 5.68
Germany 9.02 4.03
Costa Rica 7.72 4.11
China 7.05 3.91
Dominican Republic 5.75 3.58
India 2.96 1.96
The Bahamas 1.70 2.99

Second place South Korea showed roaming speeds for U.S. travelers about half as fast as those in Canada. Mexico was third fastest. The middle tier of the roaming speed ranking is taken up mostly by western European countries (with Japan and Australia to break up the pack).

At the bottom of the spectrum, Bahamian roaming speeds are painfully slow. They aren’t much better in India or the Dominican Republic.

A lot of factors go into the roaming speeds you’ll experience abroad, including how carriers prioritize out of country traffic, something that’s decided between each individual carrier in each individual country.

How does your carrier stack up?

Your roaming experience on your next trip is going to depend a lot on which carrier you have, so we broke our roaming speed analysis of Speedtest results on modern devices down to the carrier level.

US Carrier Speeds While Roaming Abroad
Q1 2018 | Mean Download (Mbps)
Country AT&T Sprint T-Mobile Verizon Wireless
Australia 21.24 N/A 2.14 22.14
Canada 26.53 27.65 53.56 43.22
China 17.23 4.77 1.15 13.15
Costa Rica 13.67 N/A 0.70 14.86
Dominican Republic 11.00 N/A 0.57 7.68
France 22.72 N/A 1.96 26.30
Germany 20.55 N/A 1.86 20.58
India 4.92 1.70 0.79 7.13
Italy 24.05 N/A 1.99 25.19
Japan 18.22 24.79 1.40 11.46
Mexico 19.95 9.66 17.22 22.35
South Korea 27.97 17.49 21.67 N/A
Spain 29.27 N/A 1.18 24.82
The Bahamas 1.79 N/A 0.25 3.53
United Kingdom 19.87 9.07 1.74 16.61

From the above, it looks like there’s no one right answer for the fastest roaming carrier. And there are other things to consider when roaming, too, like does your carrier offer a special plan that includes free roaming or are you paying through the nose.

It’s important to remember that roaming comes at a cost to carriers, which means that if your carrier includes free or low-cost roaming on almost all types of plans, the trade-off might be that you get slower speeds than you would with another carrier.

So if speed is your primary criterion, there are two standouts on this list. Verizon wins eight of the 15 countries we analyzed and AT&T wins six. T-Mobile and Sprint each win one country. We excluded Sprint from the running in eight countries because of a low number of test results.

Are you roaming (for business or pleasure) this summer? Take a Speedtest on Android or iOS to show us how fast (or slow) your connection is.

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Isla McKetta

Ookla Research™ Articles
| November 19, 2018

Uncovering Which Latin American Countries have Adequate Internet Speeds (and Which Do Not)

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Latin America is a booming market for internet. Between a rapid increase in broadband subscribers and some of the most engaged mobile internet users, Latin Americans are smartphone savvy and looking for first world connection speeds. Trouble is, some markets don’t have access to the kind of fast mobile and broadband speeds that encourage economies to grow.

We analyzed Speedtest data on mobile and fixed broadband speeds from across Latin America during Q2-Q3 2018. The list includes sovereign countries and other generally recognized territories, except for Saint Barthélemy which did not show a significant test volume. We’ve broken down each set of results by the speeds typically needed for various activities:


The results revealed deep divides in which countries are getting the speeds they need to easily connect to the world at large, those that have adequate connections and those that are struggling to connect.

Which country has the fastest mobile speeds in Latin America?

According to the GSMA, “Smartphones have been instrumental in establishing Latin America as one of the world’s largest consumers of social media, with the vast majority of usage occurring over mobile networks.” So who’s able to use those smartphones to their full capability and who’s better off using broadband?

4K Video Streamers

Our first group is made up of countries that should have the mean mobile download speeds to navigate even the most data-intensive mobile experiences. Martinique leads, ranking first in Latin America with a mean download speed over mobile that’s faster even than France. Guadeloupe is a close second.

Latin American Countries with Mobile Speeds > 25 Mbps
Speedtest Data | Q2-Q3 2018
Country Mean Download (Mbps) Mean Upload (Mbps)
Martinique 35.27 9.64
Guadeloupe 32.85 8.35

HD Streamers

The next group contains countries where residents should have the mobile speeds they need for HD streaming (at 1080p), video chat and social media. Uruguay tops this list to rank third in Latin America for mobile download speed. Saint Martin, Mexico, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru and Honduras all show mobile download speeds faster than 20 Mbps.

Latin American Countries with Mobile Speeds 6-25 Mbps
Speedtest Data | Q2-Q3 2018
Country Mean Download (Mbps) Mean Upload (Mbps)
Uruguay 23.10 11.39
Saint Martin 22.65 8.00
Mexico 22.05 11.78
French Guiana 21.40 6.84
Ecuador 21.37 8.21
Peru 20.83 12.86
Honduras 20.36 10.33
Nicaragua 19.68 8.36
Brazil 18.50 7.52
Bolivia 17.33 11.03
Chile 16.32 9.07
Colombia 16.11 8.85
Argentina 15.40 7.77
Dominican Republic 14.90 8.28
Guatemala 14.89 9.48
Costa Rica 14.59 6.56
Puerto Rico 14.36 8.41
Paraguay 12.67 7.61
Panama 12.30 8.54
Haiti 9.33 3.41
El Salvador 8.83 4.17
Venezuela 7.74 4.33

Nicaragua, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Paraguay and Panama all show average mobile download speeds that are faster than the 6-10 Mbps recommended for HD video streaming on 1080p. This is important as growing segments of this region consume media primarily over mobile connections.

Learn more about Brazil’s mobile market in our Brazil Market Snapshot.

Video Chat and Email

The mobile speeds picture is not so good in Cuba where mobile speeds are slow enough that residents might struggle to use smartphones for more than one-to-one video chats and emails.

Latin American Countries with Mobile Speeds < 6 Mbps
Speedtest Data | Q2-Q3 2018
Country Mean Download (Mbps) Mean Upload (Mbps)
Cuba 5.34 1.92

Looking at the countries with the slowest speeds in Latin America, we can see they have all faced significant structural challenges including war, poverty and natural disaster. They are also countries that clearly need significant mobile investment.

While mobile infrastructure might not be the first thing these slowest countries choose to invest in, improving speeds in these areas could also significantly boost their economies by creating an environment that’s ripe for new startups and investment.

Fixed broadband

The speeds needed to complete internet tasks are similar on fixed broadband to what they are on mobile. What’s not the same is the list of countries in the 4K Video Streamers category.

4K Video Streamers

Chile jumps to the top when considering mean download speeds over fixed broadband in Latin America. Uruguay is second, Puerto Rico third, Panama fourth, Martinique fifth and Paraguay sixth. All of these Latin American countries have fast enough fixed broadband speeds to allow residents to easily do anything they’d like online.

Latin American Countries with Fixed Broadband Speeds > 25 Mbps
Speedtest Data | Q2-Q3 2018
Country Mean Download (Mbps) Mean Upload (Mbps) % Difference in Download Mobile Over Fixed
Chile 47.40 9.28 -190.44%
Uruguay 35.97 9.38 -55.71%
Puerto Rico 35.39 7.85 -146.45%
Panama 34.94 7.21 -184.07%
Martinique 29.71 11.39 15.76%
Paraguay 27.84 8.00 -119.73%

In almost all of these countries our analysis shows that fixed broadband download speeds are significantly faster than those on mobile. The exception is Martinique, which has faster mobile downloads than those on fixed broadband.

HD Streamers

The next group contains countries whose fixed broadband download speeds are good enough for video chat but where heavier uses like online gaming and streaming might not be as enjoyable. Brazil tops this list, ranking 7th in Latin America for download speed over fixed broadband. Brazil is followed by Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Peru, Mexico, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Saint Martin, El Salvador, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia and Nicaragua.

Latin American Countries with Fixed Broadband Speeds 6-25 Mbps
Speedtest Data | Q2-Q3 2018
Country Mean Download (Mbps) Mean Upload (Mbps) % Difference in Download Mobile Over Fixed
Brazil 23.64 10.57 -27.78%
Guadeloupe 23.31 9.34 29.04%
French Guiana 22.58 11.45 -5.51%
Peru 22.43 4.90 -7.68%
Mexico 22.37 8.53 -1.45%
Argentina 19.68 4.24 -27.79%
Dominican Republic 14.16 3.83 4.97%
Colombia 13.79 5.86 14.40%
Ecuador 13.08 9.69 38.79%
Costa Rica 11.39 3.61 21.93%
Saint Martin 9.13 5.54 59.69%
El Salvador 8.38 3.14 5.10%
Haiti 8.33 6.42 10.72%
Guatemala 7.94 3.78 46.68%
Honduras 7.32 4.36 64.05%
Bolivia 6.96 3.13 59.84%
Nicaragua 6.62 3.39 66.36%

With the exception of Guadeloupe, the six fastest countries in this group all have faster fixed broadband speeds than those on mobile. From the Dominican Republic on down the list, the rest of the countries in this group have faster mobile download speeds than those on fixed broadband.

Video Chat and Email

Venezuela joins Cuba on this list of countries in Latin America with fixed broadband download speeds slower than 6 Mbps. Though both countries have faster mobile download speeds than they do on fixed broadband. Which is good, because residents might need to resort to their phones to do more than simple video chats or email.

Latin American Countries with Fixed Broadband Speeds < 6 Mbps
Speedtest Data | Q2-Q3 2018
Country Mean Download (Mbps) Mean Upload (Mbps) % Difference in Download Mobile Over Fixed
Venezuela 3.96 1.50 48.84%
Cuba 3.73 4.07 30.15%

As we saw with mobile internet, there are many countries in Latin America that could use a solid investment in fixed broadband speeds. That is, unless providers are ready for mobile to be the primary vehicle consumers use to access the internet.

Mobile and broadband internet performance at a city level

Fort-de-France, Martinique ranks a strong first for mobile speed among the largest cities in Latin America, Marigot, Saint Martin second and Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe third. On the other end of the mobile spectrum, Havana ranks last followed by San Salvador, El Salvador and Caracas, Venezuela.

Internet Performance in Latin American Cities
Speedtest Data | Q2-Q3 2018
City Mobile Download (Mbps) Mobile Upload (Mbps) Fixed Download (Mbps) Fixed Upload (Mbps) % Difference in Download Mobile Over Fixed
Asunción, Paraguay 14.58 8.57 43.49 8.86 -198.29%
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe 27.73 8.61 21.20 8.15 23.55%
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 19.00 7.86 28.38 6.62 -49.37%
Bogotá, Colombia 15.89 9.48 16.46 7.16 -3.59%
Brasília, Brazil 22.20 9.29 29.27 7.79 -31.85%
Buenos Aires, Argentina 16.40 8.53 27.56 5.31 -68.05%
Cali, Colombia 22.35 12.11 13.10 5.16 41.39%
Caracas, Venezuela 8.83 5.13 5.10 2.04 42.24%
Cayenne, French Guiana 22.66 7.86 25.32 14.67 -11.74%
Curitiba, Brazil 22.60 8.31 32.58 17.65 -44.16%
Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico 16.67 10.35 19.89 3.98 -19.32%
Fort-de-France, Martinique 36.00 10.34 43.60 21.47 -21.11%
Fortaleza, Brazil 18.85 8.63 26.20 10.33 -38.99%
Guatemala City, Guatemala 16.09 10.33 9.60 5.10 40.34%
Guayaquil, Ecuador 23.61 9.43 14.44 9.42 38.84%
Havana, Cuba 4.47 1.26 2.99 3.10 33.11%
La Paz, Bolivia 16.92 11.81 7.16 3.20 57.68%
Lima, Peru 22.23 14.89 27.52 6.66 -23.80%
Managua, Nicaragua 21.04 8.89 6.87 3.52 67.35%
Manaus, Brazil 14.83 7.16 20.92 4.10 -41.07%
Marigot, Saint Martin 28.97 9.23 9.62 5.45 66.79%
Medellín, Colombia 17.58 9.17 14.76 6.87 16.04%
Mexico City, Mexico 21.41 11.22 29.81 12.41 -39.23%
Montevideo, Uruguay 23.30 11.65 38.39 10.12 -64.76%
Panama City, Panama 12.18 8.82 37.02 7.88 -203.94%
Port-au-Prince, Haiti 10.08 3.71 8.94 6.63 11.31%
Quito, Ecuador 21.01 7.75 15.54 11.59 26.04%
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22.02 9.02 28.62 10.36 -29.97%
Salvador, Brazil 17.85 7.44 20.43 6.09 -14.45%
San José, Costa Rica 14.69 6.92 12.39 4.74 15.66%
San Juan, Puerto Rico 16.05 9.76 50.13 15.64 -212.34%
San Salvador, El Salvador 8.65 4.23 10.26 3.88 -18.61%
Santiago, Chile 16.05 9.35 42.69 12.37 -165.98%
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 15.15 8.87 17.86 4.47 -17.89%
São Paulo, Brazil 20.74 8.41 36.54 17.45 -76.18%
Sucre, Bolivia 14.81 11.18 4.86 3.24 67.18%
Tegucigalpa, Honduras 26.24 13.61 7.39 2.91 71.84%

Denser and more urban locations are easier and more cost-effective places to deploy improvements to mobile infrastructure, so if speeds are slow in these areas, it’s a good sign that speeds are much worse elsewhere in the country.

On the fixed broadband side, San Juan, Puerto Rico ranks first in Latin America, followed by Fort-de-France, Martinique and Asunción, Paraguay. The city with the slowest fixed broadband download speed of those we analyzed is Havana, Cuba followed by Sucre, Bolivia and Caracas Venezuela.

Now that you know whether your country or city is rated for 4K video streaming, HD video streaming or just video chat and email, it’s time to find out if your speeds are above or below average. Take a Speedtest on Android, iOS or the web and tweet to us at @speedtest to share your experience.

Revelamos qué países de América Latina tienen velocidades de Internet adecuadas (y cuáles no)

América Latina es un mercado en expansión para Internet. Entre el rápido aumento de los suscriptores a la banda ancha y algunos de los usuarios de Internet móvil más activos, podemos decir que los latinoamericanos son conocedores de los teléfonos inteligentes y pretenden alcanzar las velocidades de conexión del primer mundo. El problema es que algunos mercados no tienen acceso a los tipos de velocidades de banda ancha y móvil rápidas que impulsan el crecimiento de las economías.

Analizamos los datos de Speedtest sobre velocidades de banda ancha móvil y fija de toda América Latina durante el segundo y tercer trimestres de 2018. La lista incluye países soberanos y otros territorios generalmente reconocidos, con la excepción de San Bartolomé, que no presentó un volumen de prueba significativo. Desglosamos cada conjunto de resultados por las velocidades que, en general, se necesitan para diversas actividades:

Los resultados revelaron grandes diferencias en los países que obtienen las velocidades que necesitan para conectarse de manera sencilla con el resto del mundo, los que tienen conexiones adecuadas y los que tienen dificultades de conexión.

¿Cuál es el país de América Latina que tiene las velocidades móviles más rápidas?

De acuerdo con la Asociación GSM, los “teléfonos inteligentes han sido fundamentales para que América Latina se convirtiera en uno de los más grandes consumidores de redes sociales del mundo, ya que la mayor parte de ese consumo se produce en redes móviles”. Por lo tanto, ¿quién puede aprovechar al máximo los teléfonos inteligentes y a quién le conviene usar la banda ancha?

Transmisores de video en 4K

Nuestro primer grupo está compuesto por países que deberían tener las velocidades medias de descarga móvil necesarias para admitir las experiencias móviles con el uso más intensivo de datos. Martinica lidera el grupo ocupando el primer lugar de América Latina con una velocidad media de descarga móvil más rápida que incluso la de Francia. Guadalupe ocupa el segundo lugar.

Países de América Latina con velocidades móviles superiores a 25 Mbps
Datos de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Enlace descendente móvil (Mbps) Enlace ascendente móvil (Mbps)
Martinica 35,27 9,64
Guadeloupe 32,85 8,35

Transmisores en HD

El siguiente grupo incluye países en que los residentes deberían tener las velocidades móviles que necesitan para transmisión en HD (a 1080p), videollamada y redes sociales. Uruguay encabeza esta lista ocupando el tercer puesto de América Latina en cuanto a velocidad de descarga móvil. San Martín, México, Guayana Francesa, Ecuador, Perú y Honduras presentan velocidades de descarga móvil superiores a 20 Mbps.

Países de América Latina con velocidades móviles de 6 a 25 Mbps
Datos de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Enlace descendente móvil (Mbps) Enlace ascendente móvil (Mbps)
Uruguay 23,10 11,39
San Martín 22,65 8,00
México 22,05 11,78
Guayana Francesa 21,40 6,84
Ecuador 21,37 8,21
Perú 20,83 12,86
Honduras 20,36 10,33
Nicaragua 19,68 8,36
Brasil 18,50 7,52
Bolivia 17,33 11,03
Chile 16,32 9,07
Colombia 16,11 8,85
Argentina 15,40 7,77
República Dominicana 14,90 8,28
Guatemala 14,89 9,48
Costa Rica 14,59 6,56
Puerto Rico 14,36 8,41
Paraguay 12,67 7,61
Panamá 12,30 8,54
Haití 9,33 3,41
El Salvador 8,83 4,17
Venezuela 7,74 4,33

Nicaragua, Brasil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, República Dominicana, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Paraguay y Panamá presentan velocidades medias de descarga móvil superiores a los 6-10 Mbps recomendados para transmisión de video en HD a 1080p. Esto es importante, ya que los segmentos en crecimiento de esta región utilizan los medios principalmente mediante conexiones móviles.

Conozca más sobre el mercado móvil brasileño.

Videollamada y correo electrónico

El panorama de las velocidades móviles no es muy bueno en Cuba, donde las velocidades móviles son tan lentas que los residentes tienen dificultades para usar teléfonos inteligentes para correos electrónicos y videollamadas entre más de dos personas.

Países de América Latina con velocidades móviles inferiores a 6 Mbps
Datos de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Enlace descendente móvil (Mbps) Enlace ascendente móvil (Mbps)
Cuba 5,34 1,92

Si analizamos los países con las velocidades más lentas de América Latina, podemos observar que todos han enfrentado desafíos estructurales significativos, entre ellos, guerras, pobreza y desastres naturales. Además, son países que, sin dudas, necesitan una importante inversión en redes móviles.

Si bien la infraestructura móvil puede no ser lo primero en que eligen invertir los países más lentos, al mejorar las velocidades en estas áreas, también se podrían impulsar significativamente sus economías mediante la creación de entornos preparados para nuevas empresas emergentes e inversiones.

Banda ancha fija

Las velocidades necesarias para realizar tareas en Internet son similares para la banda ancha fija y la banda ancha móvil. Lo que no es igual es la lista de países dentro de la categoría de transmisores de video en 4K.

Transmisores de video en 4K

Chile asciende al primer lugar cuando consideramos las velocidades medias de descarga mediante banda ancha fija en América Latina. Uruguay ocupa el segundo lugar; Puerto Rico, el tercero; Panamá, el cuarto; Martinica, el quinto; y Paraguay, el sexto. Todos estos países latinoamericanos cuentan con velocidades de banda ancha fija lo suficientemente rápidas para permitir que los residentes hagan lo que quieran con facilidad en Internet.

Países de América Latina con velocidades de banda ancha fija superiores a 25 Mbps
Datos de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Enlace descendente fijo (Mbps) Enlace ascendente fijo (Mbps) Diferencia porcentual entre las descargas mediante banda ancha móvil y fija
Chile 47,40 9,28 -190,44%
Uruguay 35,97 9,38 -55,71%
Puerto Rico 35,39 7,85 -146,45%
Panamá 34,94 7,21 -184,07%
Martinica 29,71 11,39 15,76%
Paraguay 27,84 8,00 -119,73%

Nuestro análisis muestra que, en casi todos estos países, las velocidades de descarga de banda ancha fija son significativamente más rápidas que las de banda ancha móvil. La única excepción es Martinica, donde las velocidades de descarga móvil son más rápidas que las de banda ancha fija.

Transmisores en HD

El siguiente grupo incluye países cuyas velocidades de descarga de banda ancha fija son lo suficientemente buenas para videollamadas, pero donde los usos más intensivos, como los juegos y las transmisiones en línea, pueden no resultar tan placenteros. Brasil encabeza esta lista ocupando el séptimo lugar en América Latina para velocidad de descarga mediante banda ancha fija. A continuación de Brasil, se ubican Guadalupe, Guayana Francesa, Perú, México, Argentina, República Dominicana, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, San Martín, El Salvador, Haití, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia y Nicaragua.

Países de América Latina con velocidades de banda ancha fija de 6 a 25 Mbps
Datos de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Enlace descendente fijo (Mbps) Enlace ascendente fijo (Mbps) Diferencia porcentual entre las descargas mediante banda ancha móvil y fija
Brasil 23,64 10,57 -27,78%
Guadeloupe 23,31 9,34 29,04%
Guayana Francesa 22,58 11,45 -5,51%
Perú 22,43 4,90 -7,68%
México 22,37 8,53 -1,45%
Argentina 19,68 4,24 -27,79%
República Dominicana 14,16 3,83 4,97%
Colombia 13,79 5,86 14,40%
Ecuador 13,08 9,69 38,79%
Costa Rica 11,39 3,61 21,93%
San Martín 9,13 5,54 59,69%
El Salvador 8,38 3,14 5,10%
Haití 8,33 6,42 10,72%
Guatemala 7,94 3,78 46,68%
Honduras 7,32 4,36 64,05%
Bolivia 6,96 3,13 59,84%
Nicaragua 6,62 3,39 66,36%

Con la excepción de Guadalupe, los seis países más rápidos de este grupo tienen velocidades de banda ancha fija más rápidas que las de banda ancha móvil. A partir de la República Dominicana hasta el final de la lista, el resto de los países de este grupo tienen velocidades de descarga móvil más rápidas que las velocidades de banda ancha fija.

Videollamada y correo electrónico

Venezuela ocupa el mismo lugar que Cuba en esta lista de países de América Latina con velocidades de descarga de banda ancha fija inferiores a 6 Mbps. Sin embargo, ambos países tienen velocidades de descarga móvil más rápidas que las velocidades de descarga por banda ancha fija. Esto es positivo, porque los residentes pueden necesitar recurrir a sus teléfonos para mucho más que solamente simples videollamadas o correos electrónicos.

Países de América Latina con velocidades móviles inferiores a 6 Mbps
Datos de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Enlace descendente fijo (Mbps) Enlace ascendente fijo (Mbps) Diferencia porcentual entre las descargas mediante banda ancha móvil y fija
Venezuela 3,96 1,50 48,84%
Cuba 3,73 4,07 30,15%

Tal como observamos con el uso de Internet móvil, hay muchos países latinoamericanos donde sería recomendable realizar inversiones sólidas en velocidades de banda ancha fija. Es decir, a menos que los proveedores estén preparados para que la banda ancha móvil sea el principal medio que los consumidores utilizan para acceder a Internet.

Rendimiento de Internet por banda ancha fija y móvil en las ciudades

Fort-de-France (Martinica) ocupa cómodamente el primer lugar en cuanto a velocidad móvil entre las ciudades más grandes de América Latina. Marigot (San Martín) ocupa el segundo lugar y Basse-Terre (Guadalupe), el tercero. En el otro extremo del espectro móvil, La Habana ocupa el último lugar, seguida de San Salvador (El Salvador) y Caracas (Venezuela).

Rendimiento de Internet en ciudades latinoamericanas

Datos de Speedtest | Q2-Q3 2018
Ciudad Descarga móvil (Mbps) Carga móvil (Mbps) Descarga fijo (Mbps) Carga fijo (Mbps) Diferencia porcentual entre las descargas mediante banda ancha móvil y fija
Asunción, Paraguay 14,58 8,57 43,49 8,86 -198,29%
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe 27,73 8,61 21,20 8,15 23,55%
Belo Horizonte, Brasil 19,00 7,86 28,38 6,62 -49,37%
Bogotá, Colombia 15,89 9,48 16,46 7,16 -3,59%
Brasília, Brazil 22,20 9,29 29,27 7,79 -31,85%
Buenos Aires, Argentina 16,40 8,53 27,56 5,31 -68,05%
Cali, Colombia 22,35 12,11 13,10 5,16 41,39%
Caracas, Venezuela 8,83 5,13 5,10 2,04 42,24%
Cayena, Guayana Francesa 22,66 7,86 25,32 14,67 -11,74%
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 16,09 10,33 9,60 5,10 40,34%
Ciudad de México, México 21,41 11,22 29,81 12,41 -39,23%
Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 12,18 8,82 37,02 7,88 -203,94%
Curitiba, Brasil 22,60 8,31 32,58 17,65 -44,16%
Ecatepec de Morelos, México 16,67 10,35 19,89 3,98 -19,32%
Fort-de-France, Martinica 36,00 10,34 43,60 21,47 -21,11%
Fortaleza, Brasil 18,85 8,63 26,20 10,33 -38,99%
Guayaquil, Ecuador 23,61 9,43 14,44 9,42 38,84%
La Habana, Cuba 4,47 1,26 2,99 3,10 33,11%
La Paz, Bolivia 16,92 11,81 7,16 3,20 57,68%
Lima, Perú 22,23 14,89 27,52 6,66 -23,80%
Managua, Nicaragua 21,04 8,89 6,87 3,52 67,35%
Manaos, Brasil 14,83 7,16 20,92 4,10 -41,07%
Marigot, San Martín 28,97 9,23 9,62 5,45 66,79%
Medellín, Colombia 17,58 9,17 14,76 6,87 16,04%
Montevideo, Uruguay 23,30 11,65 38,39 10,12 -64,76%
Puerto Príncipe, Haití 10,08 3,71 8,94 6,63 11,31%
Quito, Ecuador 21,01 7,75 15,54 11,59 26,04%
Río de Janeiro, Brasil 22,02 9,02 28,62 10,36 -29,97%
Salvador, Brasil 17,85 7,44 20,43 6,09 -14,45%
San José, Costa Rica 14,69 6,92 12,39 4,74 15,66%
San Juan, Puerto Rico 16,05 9,76 50,13 15,64 -212,34%
San Salvador, El Salvador 8,65 4,23 10,26 3,88 -18,61%
Santiago, Chile 16,05 9,35 42,69 12,37 -165,98%
Santo, Domingo, República Dominicana 15,15 8,87 17,86 4,47 -17,89%
San Pablo, Brasil 20,74 8,41 36,54 17,45 -76,18%
Sucre, Bolivia 14,81 11,18 4,86 3,24 67,18%
Tegucigalpa, Honduras 26,24 13,61 7,39 2,91 71,84%

Las ubicaciones más urbanas y con mayor densidad de población son lugares donde es más fácil y económico implantar mejoras para la infraestructura móvil; por lo tanto, si las velocidades son lentas en estas áreas, es una buena señal que las velocidades sean aún más lentas en otros lugares del país.

En cuanto a la banda ancha fija, San Juan (Puerto Rico) ocupa el primer lugar de América Latina, seguida de Fort-de-France (Martinica) y Asunción (Paraguay). La ciudad con la velocidad de descarga de banda ancha fija más lenta de las que analizamos es La Habana (Cuba), seguida de Sucre (Bolivia) y Caracas (Venezuela).

Ahora que sabe si su país o su ciudad son aptos para transmisión de video en 4K, transmisión de video en HD o solo para videollamadas y correo electrónico, es momento de averiguar si las velocidades están por encima o por debajo de la media. Realice un Speedtest en Android, iOS o la Web y envíenos un tuit a @speedtest para compartir su experiencia.

Revelando quais países da América Latina têm velocidade de internet adequada (e quais não têm)

A América Latina é um mercado em expansão para a internet. A população da América Latina vivenciou um crescimento rápido no número de assinantes de banda larga, tem alguns dos usuários de internet móvel mais engajados do mundo, sabe usar bem seus smartphones e busca velocidades de conexão de primeiro mundo. O problema é que alguns mercados não têm acesso às velocidades rápidas de banda larga móvel e fixa que encorajam o crescimento econômico.

Analisamos dados do Speedtest quanto à velocidade de banda larga móvel e fixa de toda a América Latina durante o segundo e o terceiro trimestres de 2018. Essa lista inclui países soberanos e outros territórios geralmente reconhecidos, exceto São Bartolomeu, que não exibiu um volume de teste significativo. Detalhamos cada conjunto de resultados de acordo com as velocidades tipicamente necessárias para diversas atividades.

O resultado revelou que existe uma divisão em três grandes grupos: países que atingem as velocidades necessárias para se conectar com facilidade com o resto do mundo, países que atingem conexões adequadas e países que enfrentam dificuldades de conexão.

Qual país tem a maior velocidade de internet móvel na América Latina?

De acordo com o GSMA, “os smartphones foram e são essenciais para estabelecer a América Latina como um dos maiores consumidores de redes sociais do mundo, com grande parte do uso ocorrendo em redes móveis.” Então queremos saber: que países conseguem usar smartphones em sua capacidade total e que países dependem mais de banda larga fixa?

Streamers de vídeo em 4K

Nosso primeiro grupo é composto por países que atingem velocidades médias de download móvel ideal até mesmo para as experiências móveis que mais usam dados. Martinica está na liderança, ocupando a primeira posição na América Latina e contando com uma velocidade média de download em banda larga móvel mais rápida do que a da França. Guadalupe fica em segundo lugar, com pouca diferença.

Países da América Latina com velocidades móveis maiores que 25 Mbps
Dados de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Veloc. de download (Mbps) Veloc. de upload (Mbps)
Martinica 35,27 9,64
Guadeloupe 32,85 8,35

Streamers de HD

No próximo grupo estão países nos quais os residentes têm velocidade móvel suficiente para streaming HD (em 1080p), chat por vídeo e redes sociais. O Uruguai ocupa o primeiro lugar da lista, ficando em terceiro na América Latina em questão de velocidade de download móvel. São Martinho, México, Guiana Francesa, Equador, Peru e Honduras apresentam velocidades de download móvel mais rápidas do que 20 Mbps.

Países da América Latina com velocidades móveis entre 6 e 25 Mbps
Dados de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Veloc. de download (Mbps) Veloc. de upload (Mbps)
Uruguai 23,10 11,39
São Martinho 22,65 8,00
México 22,05 11,78
Guiana Francesa 21,40 6,84
Equador 21,37 8,21
Peru 20,83 12,86
Honduras 20,36 10,33
Nicarágua 19,68 8,36
Brasil 18,50 7,52
Bolívia 17,33 11,03
Chile 16,32 9,07
Colômbia 16,11 8,85
Argentina 15,40 7,77
República Dominicana 14,90 8,28
Guatemala 14,89 9,48
Costa Rica 14,59 6,56
Porto Rico 14,36 8,41
Paraguai 12,67 7,61
Panamá 12,30 8,54
Haiti 9,33 3,41
El Salvador 8,83 4,17
Venezuela 7,74 4,33

Nicarágua, Brasil, Bolívia, Chile, Colômbia, Argentina, República Dominicana, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Porto Rico, Paraguai e Panamá têm velocidades de download móvel médias mais rápidas do que os 6 a 10 Mbps recomendados para streaming de vídeo HD em 1080p. Isso é importante, pois cada vez mais segmentos dessa região consomem mídia primariamente por conexões móveis.

Saiba mais sobre o mercado de telefonia móvel do Brasil.

Chat por vídeo e e-mail

A cena da velocidade móvel não é tão boa em Cuba, onde as velocidades móveis são baixas a ponto de os residentes terem problemas para usar smartphones quando o uso vai além de chats de vídeo com duas pessoas e troca de e-mails.

Países da América Latina com velocidades móveis abaixo de 6 Mbps
Dados de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Veloc. de download (Mbps) Veloc. de upload (Mbps)
Cuba 5,34 1,92

Observando os países com as velocidades mais baixas da América Latina, podemos constatar que todos eles enfrentaram desafios estruturais significativos, tais como guerra, pobreza e desastres naturais. Também são países que claramente precisam de investimento móvel significativo.

Embora a infraestrutura móvel possa não ser a primeira coisa na qual esses países mais lentos escolhem investir, a melhoria das velocidades nessas áreas também pode impulsionar significativamente suas economias ao criar um ambiente propício para novas startups e investimentos.

Banda larga fixa

As velocidades necessárias para realizar as tarefas da internet são semelhantes na banda larga fixa e móvel. Mas a lista de países na categoria Streamers de vídeo em 4K não é igual.

Streamers de vídeo em 4K

O Chile pula para o primeiro lugar quando consideramos as velocidades médias de download em banda larga fixa na América Latina. O Uruguai fica em segundo, Porto Rico em terceiro, Panamá em quarto, Martinica em quinto e Paraguai em sexto. Todos esses países da América Latina têm velocidades de banda larga fixa rápidas o suficiente para permitir que os residentes façam o que quiserem on-line e com facilidade.

Países da América Latina com velocidades de banda larga fixa maior que 25 Mbps
Dados de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Veloc. de download (Mbps) Veloc. de upload (Mbps) Percentual de diferença na veloc. de download de banda larga móvel em relação a banda larga fixa
Chile 47,40 9,28 -190,44%
Uruguai 35,97 9,38 -55,71%
Porto Rico 35,39 7,85 -146,45%
Panamá 34,94 7,21 -184,07%
Martinica 29,71 11,39 15,76%
Paraguai 27,84 8,00 -119,73%

Em quase todos esses países, nossa análise revela que as velocidades de download de banda larga fixa são significativamente mais rápidas do que as velocidades de redes móveis. A exceção é Martinica, que tem velocidades de downloads móveis mais rápidas do que as velocidades downloads de banda larga fixa.

Streamers de HD

O próximo grupo contém países cujas velocidades de download de banda larga fixa são boas o suficiente para chat por vídeo, mas não são ideais para usos que exigem maior velocidade, tais como jogos on-line e streaming. O Brasil ocupa a primeira posição nessa lista e a 7ª na América Latina para velocidade de download em banda larga fixa. Depois do Brasil, temos Guadalupe, Guiana Francesa, Peru, México, Argentina, República Dominicana, Colômbia, Equador, Costa Rica, São Martinho, El Salvador, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolívia e Nicarágua.

Países da América Latina com velocidades de banda larga fixa entre 6 e 25 Mbps
Dados de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Veloc. de download (Mbps) Veloc. de upload (Mbps) Percentual de diferença na veloc. de download de banda larga móvel em relação a banda larga fixa
Brasil 23,64 10,57 -27,78%
Guadeloupe 23,31 9,34 29,04%
Guaiana Francesa 22,58 11,45 -5,51%
Peru 22,43 4,90 -7,68%
México 22,37 8,53 -1,45%
Argentina 19,68 4,24 -27,79%
República Dominicana 14,16 3,83 4,97%
Colômbia 13,79 5,86 14,40%
Equador 13,08 9,69 38,79%
Costa Rica 11,39 3,61 21,93%
São Martinho 9,13 5,54 59,69%
El Salvador 8,38 3,14 5,10%
Haiti 8,33 6,42 10,72%
Guatemala 7,94 3,78 46,68%
Honduras 7,32 4,36 64,05%
Bolívia 6,96 3,13 59,84%
Nicarágua 6,62 3,39 66,36%

Com a exceção de Guadalupe, os seis países mais rápidos deste grupo têm velocidades de banda larga fixa mais rápidas do que as de banda larga móvel. Da República Dominicana para baixo na lista, os outros países do grupo têm velocidades de download de banda larga móvel mais rápidas do que as de banda larga fixa.

Chat por vídeo e e-mail

A Venezuela se junta a Cuba na lista de países da América Latina com velocidades de download de banda larga fixa inferiores a 6 Mbps. Apesar disso, ambos os países terem velocidades de download de banda larga móvel mais rápidas do que as de banda larga fixa. Isso é positivo, já que é possível que os residentes precisem usar seus telefones para coisas mais complexas do que simples chats por vídeo ou e-mail.

Países da América Latina com velocidades móveis abaixo de 6 Mbps
Dados de Speedtest | T2-T3 2018
País Veloc. de download (Mbps) Veloc. de upload (Mbps) Percentual de diferença na veloc. de download de banda larga móvel em relação a banda larga fixa
Venezuela 3,96 1,50 48,84%
Cuba 3,73 4,07 30,15%

Como vimos com a internet móvel, para muitos países na América Latina seria útil ter um investimento maciço em velocidades de banda larga fixa. Quer dizer, a menos que os provedores estejam prontos para que a banda larga móvel seja o principal veículo que os consumidores usam para acessar a internet.

Desempenho de internet com banda larga móvel e fixa por cidade

Fort-de-France, em Martinica, ocupa a primeira posição no quesito velocidade móvel com bastante vantagem em relação às outras cidades importantes da América Latina. Marigot, em São Martinho, fica em segundo, e Basse-Terre, em Guadalupe, em terceiro. No outro extremo do espectro de redes móveis, a cidade de Havana é a última, seguida por San Salvador, El Salvador e Caracas, na Venezuela.

Desempenho da internet
em cidades latino-americanas
Dados de Speedtest | Q2-Q3 2018
Cidade Download móvel (Mbps) Upload móvel (Mbps) Download fixa (Mbps) Upload fixa (Mbps) Percentual de diferença na veloc. de download de banda larga móvel em relação a banda larga fixa
Asunción, Paraguai 14,58 8,57 43,49 8,86 -198,29%
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe 27,73 8,61 21,20 8,15 23,55%
Belo Horizonte, Brasil 19,00 7,86 28,38 6,62 -49,37%
Bogotá, Colômbia 15,89 9,48 16,46 7,16 -3,59%
Brasília, Brazil 22,20 9,29 29,27 7,79 -31,85%
Buenos Aires, Argentina 16,40 8,53 27,56 5,31 -68,05%
Cali, Colômbia 22,35 12,11 13,10 5,16 41,39%
Caracas, Venezuela 8,83 5,13 5,10 2,04 42,24%
Cayenne, Guaiana Francesa 22,66 7,86 25,32 14,67 -11,74%
Cidade de Guatemala, Guatemala 16,09 10,33 9,60 5,10 40,34%
Cidade de México, México 21,41 11,22 29,81 12,41 -39,23%
Cidade de Panamá, Panamá 12,18 8,82 37,02 7,88 -203,94%
Curitiba, Brasil 22,60 8,31 32,58 17,65 -44,16%
Ecatepec de Morelos, México 16,67 10,35 19,89 3,98 -19,32%
Fort-de-France, Martinica 36,00 10,34 43,60 21,47 -21,11%
Fortaleza, Brasil 18,85 8,63 26,20 10,33 -38,99%
Guayaquil, Equador 23,61 9,43 14,44 9,42 38,84%
Havana, Cuba 4,47 1,26 2,99 3,10 33,11%
La Paz, Bolívia 16,92 11,81 7,16 3,20 57,68%
Lima, Peru 22,23 14,89 27,52 6,66 -23,80%
Managua, Nicarágua 21,04 8,89 6,87 3,52 67,35%
Manaus, Brasil 14,83 7,16 20,92 4,10 -41,07%
Marigot, São Martinho 28,97 9,23 9,62 5,45 66,79%
Medellín, Colômbia 17,58 9,17 14,76 6,87 16,04%
Montevideo, Uruguai 23,30 11,65 38,39 10,12 -64,76%
Port-au-Prince, Haiti 10,08 3,71 8,94 6,63 11,31%
Quito, Equador 21,01 7,75 15,54 11,59 26,04%
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 22,02 9,02 28,62 10,36 -29,97%
Salvador, Brasil 17,85 7,44 20,43 6,09 -14,45%
San José, Costa Rica 14,69 6,92 12,39 4,74 15,66%
San Juan, Porto Rico 16,05 9,76 50,13 15,64 -212,34%
San Salvador, El Salvador 8,65 4,23 10,26 3,88 -18,61%
Santiago, Chile 16,05 9,35 42,69 12,37 -165,98%
Santo, Domingo, República Dominicana 15,15 8,87 17,86 4,47 -17,89%
São Paulo, Brasil 20,74 8,41 36,54 17,45 -76,18%
Sucre, Bolívia 14,81 11,18 4,86 3,24 67,18%
Tegucigalpa, Honduras 26,24 13,61 7,39 2,91 71,84%

Locais mais densos e urbanos são locais mais fáceis e econômicos para implementar melhorias na infraestrutura móvel, portanto, se as velocidades forem lentas nessas áreas, é um bom sinal de que as velocidades são muito piores em outros lugares do país.

No que diz respeito à banda larga fixa, San Juan, em Porto Rico, ocupa a primeira posição na América Latina, seguida por Fort-de-France, em Martinica, e Asunción, no Paraguai. A cidade com a velocidade de download de banda larga fixa mais lenta dentre as que analisamos é Havana, em Cuba, seguida por Sucre, na Bolívia e Caracas, na Venezuela.

Agora que você sabe a classificação do seu país ou cidade para streaming de vídeo em 4K, streaming de vídeo em HD ou apenas chat por vídeo e e-mail, é hora de descobrir se suas velocidades estão acima ou abaixo da média. Faça o Speedtest no Android, iOS, ou na web e mande um tweet para @speedtest para compartilhar sua experiência.

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Global Speeds

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Isla McKetta

Ookla Research™ Articles
| September 4, 2019

In-Depth Analysis of Changes in World Internet Performance Using the Speedtest Global Index

Global Speeds

A lot has changed in the two years since 2017 when we first began ranking mobile and fixed broadband speeds of countries around the world with the Speedtest Global IndexTM. 5G is being deployed around the world and fiber continues to make gigabit speeds a reality in more and more countries. We’ve been tracking it all and are here to report on how much speeds have increased, which countries are leading internet performance and which are falling behind, and what trends we see across continents.

World mobile speed increased 21.4% with fixed broadband up 37.4%

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Looking just at the last year, the world’s mean download speed over mobile increased 21.4% from 22.81 Mbps in July 2018 to 27.69 Mbps in July 2019. Mean upload speed over mobile increased 18.1% from 9.13 Mbps to 10.78 Mbps. The world average for download speed over fixed broadband increased 37.4% from 46.48 Mbps in July 2018 to 63.85 Mbps in July 2019. Mean upload speed over fixed broadband increased 48.9% from 22.52 Mbps to 33.53 Mbps.

Shake-ups in the country rankings for internet performance

Fastest-Countries-Mobile-2018-2019

Mobile speeds in the fastest countries have skyrocketed in the past year which has dramatically shifted the rankings. South Korea, which was not even in the top ten a year ago, saw a 165.9% increase in mean download speed over mobile during the past 12 months, in large part due to 5G. Switzerland’s mean download speed increased 23.5%. Canada’s was up 22.2%, Australia 21.2%, the Netherlands 17.3%, UAE 11.1%, Malta 10.3% and Norway 5.8%. Qatar remained in the top ten, although the country’s mean download speed over mobile actually dropped 1.4% from July 2018 to July 2019.

Individual mobile operators can make a huge difference in a country’s speeds. In 2017 we were excited to see Telenor uncap their mobile speeds, which drove Norway to the top of the Speedtest Global Index. A big part of South Korea’s mobile success in the past year is the way KT, LG U+ and SK Telecom banded together to release 5G at the same time. Switzerland has also benefited from 5G and Sunrise leads the country with 262 5G deployments across the country while Swisscomm has 52.

Fastest-Countries-Fixed-2018-2019

Fixed broadband rankings on the Speedtest Global Index have not changed as dramatically during the past 12 months as those on mobile. Singapore remains the fastest country with an increase in mean download speed over fixed broadband of 5.6%. Taiwan had the largest jump in speeds among the top 10 with a 166.5% improvement in fixed download speed between July 2018 and July 2019. Mean download speed over fixed broadband increased 52.4% in South Korea, 26.4% in Macau, 21.7% in Romania, 21.0% in Switzerland, 19.3% in the United States and 3.5% in Hong Kong.

Monaco and Andorra did not have enough tests to qualify for the Speedtest Global Index one year ago, but massive fixed broadband improvements in both countries inspired us to lower our test count threshold for inclusion and also share these smaller countries’ success stories.

Technologies paving the way: 5G and gigabit

The presence of 5G is not enough to change a market

As discussed above, 5G has the potential to rocket a country to the top of the mobile rankings on the Speedtest Global Index. In practice, we’ve seen 5G speeds that were over 1000% faster than those on LTE.

Mobile-Download-Speeds-by-Country

In reality, though, unless 5G is commercially available widely across a country and from all mobile operators (as was the case in South Korea), the change in speeds at the country level is not that significant. Though commercial 5G was launched widely across Switzerland by Sunrise and Swisscom in April 2019, the country’s mean download speed only increased 2.8% in the three months since. The average mobile download speed in the U.S. has actually declined slightly since 5G was initially deployed. This is because 5G is still only available in a very limited number of markets to consumers with 5G-capable devices.

Visit the Ookla 5G Map for the latest on 5G deployments across the globe.

Gigabit is a game-changer, if you can get it

Unlike 5G, fiber connections have been rolling out since 2007, opening up the possibility of gigabit-speed fixed broadband. That said, it’s costly and time-intensive to lay miles and miles of fiber so progress has varied widely across the globe.

Gigabit-Test---Performance_Singapore-1

Geographically small countries like Singapore have the advantage when it comes to fiber, because It’s easier and cheaper to lay fiber optic cable across the country’s small footprint. Singaporean internet service providers (ISPs) have used this advantage to go beyond mere gigabit and offer connections as fast as 10 Gbps. This is reflected both in Singapore’s dominance of the fixed rankings on the Speedtest Global Index and in the fact that 2.87% of their total Speedtest results over fixed broadband are gigabit-speed (800 Mbps or higher).

Gigabit-Test---Performance_Brazil-1

Brazil offers a good contrast for how difficult it can be for gigabit to reach the masses. While the first Brazilian ISP to offer fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) initially did so in 2007, easy access to gigabit speeds was slow to follow. However, that may be starting to change. Between June and July 2019 we saw a large uptick in gigabit-speed results in Brazil, where the proportion of gigabit speed tests increased from 0.02% of total fixed broadband tests to 0.17%. This corresponded with a large increase in mean download speed at the country level.

Comparing world mobile and fixed broadband at a glance

We were curious to see just how different internet performance experiences were around the world, so we plotted average mobile download speed against average download speed on fixed broadband. All of the graphs below use a percentage difference from the global average, a number that changed between 2018 and 2019.

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Speed Leaders

There was not much change in the list of countries that showed above-average download speeds on both mobile and fixed broadband between July 2018 and July 2019, the “Speed Leaders.” What did change was that fixed broadband speeds increased significantly enough among the group to bring the whole pack closer to Singapore and Hong Kong. On the mobile axis, South Korea’s major increase in download speed made that country more of an outlier, pushing the boundaries of what great performance can look like.

Fixed-Focused countries

Between July 2018 and July 2019 we saw the number of countries considered to be “Fixed-Focused” (having faster download speeds over fixed broadband than the world average while their average mobile download speeds were slower than average) increase. Ireland was the only country that solidly fit this category in 2018. Thailand and Chile started near the midline for fixed speeds and below-average for mobile speeds in 2018. 2019 found both countries squarely in the Fixed-Focused category. Israel also edged into this category as their mobile download speed fell between July 2018 and 2019.

Mobile-Focused countries

The “Mobile-Focused” category saw the most movement between July 2018 and July 2019 as some countries (the UAE and Qatar) increased their fixed speeds sufficiently to join the Speed Leaders. Meanwhile, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s mobile download speed increased year-over-year to move them into the Mobile-Focused quadrant. Georgia’s mobile download speed decreased enough to move them from Mobile-Focused to Speed Laggers.

It will be interesting to see how many of these Mobile-Focused countries double down on their mobile investments and explore 5G alternatives to fixed broadband.

Speed Laggers

No country wants to be in the position of having slower than average mobile and fixed broadband speeds. We saw 57 countries in this “Speed Laggers” quadrant in July 2018 and 78 in July 2019. This increase is mostly due to our expansion of the number of countries we consider for the Speedtest Global Index based on test count. There were enough countries in this category that we’ve considered them separately by continent below.

Regional views of mobile and fixed broadband performance

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We aggregated Speedtest results by continent to analyze mobile and fixed broadband performance by continent.

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Asia had the highest percentage increase in mobile download speed followed by North America, Oceania, South America, Africa and Europe. Oceania had the fastest mean download speed in July 2019. North America placed second, Europe third, Asia fourth, South America fifth and Africa sixth.

On the fixed broadband side, South America saw the highest percentage increase in download speed. Asia came in second, Europe third, Africa fourth, North America fifth and Oceania sixth. North America had the fastest mean download speed in July 2019. Europe was second, Asia third, and Oceania fourth. As we saw with mobile, South America and Africa again ranked fifth and sixth, respectively.

A zoomed-in view of the speed quadrants separated by continent offers a more detailed view of each country’s role in these rankings.

Africa mostly lags in internet speeds

2019-Performance-vs-Global---Africa

In July 2019, all but two African countries in the Speedtest Global Index fell into the Speed Laggers category, having mobile and fixed broadband speeds that were below global averages. The exceptions were South Africa and Guinea, which both had fast enough mobile speeds to place them in the mobile-focused quadrant.

Asian markets show a wide breadth of internet performance

2019-Performance-vs-Global---Asia

Asia was the most diverse continent we examined in terms of internet performance. We saw a plurality of countries in each of the four quadrants in July 2019. Most of the Speed Leaders were in East Asia: China, Hong Kong (SAR), Japan, Macau (SAR), South Korea, and Taiwan. If we include Singapore, another Speed Leader, these are among the wealthiest nations in Asia (using GDP per capita). Two of Asia’s Fixed-Focused countries are in Southeast Asia (Malaysia and Thailand) and one is in the Middle East (Israel).

The Speed Laggers category contained countries from South Asia (including Afghanistan, India and Pakistan), Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam) and the Middle East (Jordan). Mobile-Focused countries in Asia were mostly Middle Eastern, including Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

European mobile performance is mostly strong, fixed varies

2019-Performance-vs-Global---Europe

With the exception of Ireland, the European countries on the Speedtest Global Index fell into the Speed Leaders, Mobile-Focused, and Speed Laggers categories. All of the Speed Laggers (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Ukraine) were from Eastern Europe. Countries from Southeast Europe (including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Moldova, Serbia and Slovenia) and Central Europe (Austria and the Czech Republic) made up the bulk of the Mobile-Focused category.

Speed Leaders included countries from the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), the Nordics (Denmark, Norway and Sweden), Central Europe (Poland and Romania), and Western Europe (including Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain).

North American internet performance is sharply divided

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Canada and the U.S. are the only two North American countries in the Speed Leaders category. Panama is the only North American country under Fixed-Focused. Mexico and all of the Central American countries fall into the Speed Laggers category. There are no North American countries that are Mobile-Focused.

Each country in Oceania has a very different internet story

2019-Performance-vs-Global---Ocean

Oceania is represented in three of the four quadrants: Speed Leaders (New Zealand), Mobile-Focused (Australia) and Speed Laggers (Papua New Guinea) with Fiji straddling the divide between Speed Laggers and Mobile-Focused.

South America mostly lags in mobile and fixed internet speeds

2019-Performance-vs-Global---South-America

Most of the South American countries represented on the Speedtest Global Index are in the Speed Laggers quadrant (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela). Chile is an exception, being part of the Fixed-Focused group, as is Uruguay which sits in Mobile-Focused.

Global internet speeds are improving on average and 5G and gigabit are compounding those advances where available. However, not all countries are benefitting equally. We’ll be interested to see how 5G continues to push mobile speeds in the next year and also whether 5G Wi-Fi becomes a game changer for fixed broadband. Remember to check the Speedtest Global Index on a monthly basis for updated country rankings. And take a Speedtest to make sure your experience is represented in your country’s averages.

Editor’s Note: This article was edited on September 10, 2019 to correct an error in the labeling on the first image. The colors in a later image were updated for consistency.

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Isla McKetta

Ookla Research™ Articles
| March 13, 2020

Tracking COVID-19’s Impact on Global Internet Performance (Updated July 20)

Global Speeds

We are no longer updating this article as internet speeds in most countries have stabilized to pre-pandemic levels. For ongoing information about internet speeds in specific countries, visit the Speedtest Global IndexTM or contact our press team.

Ookla® closely monitored the impact of COVID-19 on the performance and quality of global mobile and broadband internet networks in the early days of the pandemic. We shared regular information based on Ookla data to assist in the understanding of this unprecedented situation. You can still download the July 20, 2020 CSV here which contains all the public data we tracked in this article. If you are looking for information on internet or online service outages, please check Downdetector®.

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| January 12, 2021

2020 Recap: How the Internet Held Up During a Global Pandemic

Global Speeds


There was major concern last year that the internet might fail under the pressure of increased use as COVID-19 drove unparalleled waves of remote work and schooling. We watched internet performance carefully using data from Speedtest Intelligence® as conditions changed in different areas of the world. Now we’re back to assess what happened during the year as a whole.

A note on the methodology: 5G launches drove up mean internet speeds on mobile in many countries. For this reason we’ve simplified our view to include only median speeds, which are less subject to being skewed by especially fast 5G tests.

Mobile speeds dipped in many G20 countries in the spring of 2020

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Median download speeds over mobile in many G20 countries dropped at some point during 2020. Countries that saw month-to-month declines during the spring include: Australia, Canada, France, India, Italy, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain and Turkey. China saw a decline in mobile speed in February while Japan suffered a drop in June and July. Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia and the United Kingdom showed only very minor decreases, while speeds in Germany, Mexico, South Africa and the United States remained unchanged or increased.

Despite the drops, almost all G20 countries saw higher median download speeds over mobile in December 2020 than they had in January 2020. Median download speed over mobile increased 76.3% in China during that time. Germany saw a 62.8% increase, the United States 56.9%, South Korea 55.5% and Saudi Arabia 48%. Turkey saw a 0.7% decrease in median download speed over mobile during the same period.

Despite interim dips, fixed broadband improved in all G20 countries during 2020

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There were notable dips in median download speeds over fixed broadband in many countries during the spring of 2020. G20 countries that saw these declines on a monthly basis include: Argentina, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and the United States. Brazil, China, Germany and Russia notably showed only increases in month-to-month median download speed over fixed broadband during this time. Other countries showed only very minor decreases.

Perhaps most important, all G20 countries saw higher median download speeds over fixed broadband in December 2020 than they had in January 2020. Median download speed over fixed broadband increased 51.9% in Brazil during that time. France saw a 48.3% increase, Japan 46.5%, Saudi Arabia 43.7% and South Africa 40%. South Korea saw the smallest increase in median download speed over fixed broadband over the same period at 8.1%.

We are impressed, on the whole, with how well the internet held up to the massive scale of increased use during the past year. Of course, month-by-month, country-level views are averages that might not reveal problems with specific mobile operators or internet service providers on individual days. If you want to assess how your internet connection is performing right now, take a Speedtest®. And if you are unable to connect to a specific service on the internet, check Downdetector® to see the status of that service.

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Global Speeds

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Isla McKetta

Ookla Research™ Articles
| October 14, 2019

Exploring Recent Trends in the Latin American Telecom Market

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The Latin American telecommunications market continues to be fascinating to watch as fixed broadband speeds increase and mobile operators ready their networks for 5G. In anticipation of Futurecom, we analyzed internet speeds and 4G Availability for Q2-Q3 2019 in Latin America’s major markets to see who’s leading the charge to the future.

Mobile and fixed speeds are increasing at the country level

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Fixed broadband speeds are on the rise in Latin America’s largest markets. Colombia’s mean download speed increased 30.6% during Q2-Q3 2019 while Mexico’s increased 15.6%. Chile had the fastest mean download speed over fixed broadband by far and showed a 26.7% increase in speed during the period. Brazil was the second fastest throughout the period. Peru, Mexico and Argentina were closely vying for third, but in the end Peru won out. Colombia had the slowest download speed over fixed broadband.

Mobile speeds were much more competitive in Latin America’s largest markets. Increases in mean download speeds were not nearly as impressive as they were with fixed broadband, though. Mexico saw the greatest increase during Q2-Q3 2019 at 12.0%. Argentina’s mobile download speed increased 11.0%, followed by Brazil (7.9%), Chile (5.1%) and Colombia (4.6%). Peru’s mean download speed over mobile decreased 2.2% during the period. Mexico had the fastest mobile speed, followed by Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and, finally, Colombia.

4G Availability varies widely by country

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We looked at the percentage of surveyed locations where devices could access 4G LTE service in Latin America’s major markets during Q2-Q3 2019 and found that Peru was on top with 77.8% 4G Availability during the period. Chile came in second with 75.5% and Argentina third at 71.4%. Brazil had the lowest 4G Availability at 47.3% and Colombia had the second lowest at 50.6%.

City speeds vary by technology

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Fixed broadband speeds have increased dramatically in Latin America’s largest cities since we last examined them and these speeds have shifted the rankings significantly. Santiago, Chile had the fastest download speed over fixed broadband in Q2-Q3 2019, beating second-place Brasília, Brazil by 66.6%. São Paulo, Brazil came in a close third. Bogotá, Colombia had the slowest download speed over fixed broadband of the cities on our list. Lima, Peru was the second slowest city and Mexico City, Mexico third slowest.

Because of the political situation in Venezuela, we did not include Caracas in our analysis.

Mobile rankings have changed significantly since we last considered speeds in Latin America’s largest cities. Salvador, Brazil had the fastest mobile download speed on our list during this period. Brasília, Brazil was a close second and Mexico City, Mexico third fastest. Bogotá, Colombia also had the slowest mobile download speed on our list. Santiago, Chile was the second slowest city for mobile and Fortaleza, Brazil the third slowest.

OoklaⓇ will be at Futurecom! If you’d like to connect to learn more about the Latin American telecom market and how our data can help you, contact us.

Análisis de las tendencias recientes en el mercado de las telecomunicaciones de América Latina

El mercado de las telecomunicaciones de América Latina continúa siendo fascinante de analizar a medida que las velocidades de la banda ancha fija aumentan y los operadores de telefonía móvil preparan sus redes para la tecnología 5G. Mientras esperamos Futurecom, examinamos las velocidades de Internet y la disponibilidad de 4G en el segundo y tercer trimestre de 2019 en los principales mercados de América Latina para ver quién está a la vanguardia del cambio de cara al futuro.

Las velocidades fijas y móviles están aumentando en cada país

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Las velocidades de la banda ancha fija están en aumento en los mercados más importantes de América Latina. La velocidad media de descarga de Colombia aumentó un 30,6 % durante el segundo y tercer trimestre de 2019, mientras que la de México se incrementó en un 15,6 %. Chile tuvo la velocidad media de descarga por banda ancha más rápida por lejos y demostró un aumento del 26,7 % en la velocidad durante el período. Brasil fue el segundo más rápido en todo el período. Perú, México y Argentina le siguieron de cerca compitiendo por el tercer puesto, pero al final, ganó Perú. Colombia tuvo la velocidad de descarga por banda ancha fija más lenta.

Las velocidades móviles fueron mucho más competitivas en los mercados más importantes de América Latina. Sin embargo, los aumentos en las velocidades medias de descarga no fueron tan impresionantes como lo fueron los de la banda ancha fija. México tuvo el mayor aumento durante el segundo y tercer trimestre de 2019 con un 12 %. La velocidad de descarga móvil de Argentina aumentó un 11 %, seguida por Brasil (7,9 %), Chile (5,1 %) y Colombia (4,6 %). La velocidad media de descarga móvil de Perú disminuyó un 2,2 % durante el período. México tuvo la velocidad móvil más rápida, seguido por Perú, Brasil, Argentina, Chile y, por último, Colombia.

La disponibilidad de 4G varía ampliamente por país

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Examinamos el porcentaje de lugares encuestados en donde los dispositivos pudieran acceder al servicio 4G LTE en los principales mercados de América Latina durante el segundo y tercer trimestre de 2019 y concluimos que Perú quedó en la cima con un 77,8 % de disponibilidad de 4G durante el período. Chile quedó segundo con el 75,5 % y Argentina quedó en el tercer lugar con el 71,4 %. Brasil tuvo la menor disponibilidad de 4G con el 47,3 % y Colombia tuvo el segundo nivel más bajo, con el 50,6 %.

Las velocidades de las ciudades varían según la tecnología

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Las velocidades de la banda ancha fija han aumentado drásticamente en las ciudades más importantes de América Latina desde la última vez que las analizamos y estas velocidades han cambiado las clasificaciones de manera significativa. Santiago, Chile, tuvo la mayor velocidad de descarga en banda ancha fija en el segundo y tercer trimestre de 2019, y venció a Brasilia, Brasil, que se quedó con el segundo lugar por el 66.6%. San Pablo, Brasil, quedó en tercer lugar, cerca. Bogotá, Colombia tuvo la velocidad de descarga por banda ancha fija más lenta de las ciudades en nuestra lista. Lima, Perú, fue la segunda ciudad más lenta, y la Ciudad de México, México, la tercera.

Debido a la situación política de Venezuela, no incluimos a Caracas en nuestro análisis.

Las clasificaciones móviles ha cambiado de manera significativa desde la última vez que analizamos las velocidades en las ciudades más importantes de América Latina. Salvador, Brasil, tuvo la velocidad de descarga móvil más rápida en nuestra lista durante este período. Brasilia, Brasil, quedó en segundo lugar por poco, y la Ciudad de México, México, fue la tercera más rápida. Bogotá, Colombia, también tuvo la velocidad de descarga móvil más lenta en nuestra lista. Santiago, Chile, fue la segunda ciudad más lenta en velocidad móvil, y Fortaleza, Brasil, la tercera más lenta.

OoklaⓇ estará en Futurecom. Si desean ponerse en contacto para obtener más información sobre el mercado de las telecomunicaciones en América Latina y cómo nuestros datos pueden ayudarlos, comuníquense con nosotros.

Tendências recentes no mercado de telecomunicações da América Latina

O mercado de telecomunicações da América Latina continua fascinante graças ao aumento das velocidades de banda larga e a preparação das redes de operadoras de celular para o 5G. Nas vésperas da Futurecom, analisamos as velocidades da internet e a disponibilidade de redes 4G entre o segundo e o terceiro trimestres de 2019 nos principais mercados da América Latina, para ver quem está liderando essa empreitada em direção ao futuro.

As velocidades de redes fixas e móveis dos países estão aumentando

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A velocidade da banda larga está aumentando nos maiores mercados da América Latina. A velocidade média de download da Colômbia aumentou 30,6% entre o segundo e o terceiro trimestres de 2019, enquanto no México ela aumentou 15,6%. O Chile teve, de longe, a maior velocidade média de download em banda larga fixa, com um aumento de 26,7% na velocidade durante o período. O Brasil foi o segundo mais rápido durante o período. Peru, México e Argentina disputaram acirradamente o terceiro lugar, mas o Peru acabou vencendo. A Colômbia teve a menor velocidade de download em banda larga fixa.

Houve um aumento na concorrência no setor de velocidades móveis nos maiores mercados da América Latina. No entanto, o aumento na velocidade média de download não foi tão impressionante quanto na banda larga fixa. O México teve o maior aumento entre o segundo e o terceiro trimestres de 2019, com 12%. A velocidade de download móvel da Argentina aumentou 11%, seguida pelo Brasil (7,9%), Chile (5,1%) e Colômbia (4,6%). A velocidade média de download do Peru em rede móvel diminuiu 2,2% durante o período. O México teve a maior velocidade móvel, seguido de Peru, Brasil, Argentina, Chile e, por fim, Colômbia.

Disponibilidade do 4G varia muito conforme o país

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Analisamos a porcentagem de dispositivos com acesso ao serviço 4G LTE nos maiores mercados da América Latina entre o segundo e o terceiro trimestres de 2019 e descobrimos que o Peru teve a maior disponibilidade do 4G no período, com 77,8%. O Chile ficou em segundo, com 75,5%, enquanto a Argentina ficou em terceiro com 71,4%. O Brasil teve a menor disponibilidade do 4G, com 47,3%, enquanto a Colômbia teve a segunda menor, com 50,6%.

Velocidades no meio urbano variam de acordo com a tecnologia

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A velocidade de banda larga fixa aumentou dramaticamente nas maiores cidades da América Latina desde a nossa última análise, o que alterou os rankings de maneira significativa. Santiago, no Chile, teve a maior velocidade de download em banda larga fixa entre o segundo e terceiro trimestres de 2019, acima do segundo lugar, Brasília, com 66,6%. São Paulo ficou em terceiro lugar, com uma porcentagem próxima. Bogotá, na Colômbia, teve a menor velocidade de download em banda larga fixa nas cidades da lista. Lima, no Peru, teve a segunda menor velocidade, com a Cidade do México, no México, em terceiro.

Devido à situação política da Venezuela, Caracas não foi incluída na análise.

Os rankings de rede móvel mudaram significativamente desde nossa última análise da velocidade nas maiores cidades da América Latina. Salvador teve a maior velocidade de download em rede móvel durante o período. Brasília ficou em segundo lugar por pouco, enquanto a Cidade do México, no México, ficou em terceiro. Bogotá, na Colômbia, também teve a menor velocidade de download em rede móvel na nossa lista. Santiago, no Chile, teve a segunda menor velocidade para redes móveis, seguida por Fortaleza, que teve a terceira menor velocidade.

A OoklaⓇ estará na Futurecom! Entre em contato conosco para saber mais sobre o mercado de telecomunicações da América Latina e como nossos dados podem ajudá-lo.

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Global Speeds

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Isla McKetta

Ookla Research™ Articles
| May 30, 2019

Mobile Speeds, 4G Availability and Coverage in Latin America’s Largest Markets

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Major markets in Latin America, in most cases, saw double-digit percent increases in mean mobile download speeds during the past year. While the only 5G deployments we’ve yet seen in Latin America are in Uruguay and Brazil, operators across the continent are working to expand 4G LTE and prepare for future technologies. Using data from Speedtest IntelligenceⓇ we’ve examined mobile download speeds to see which countries are fastest and which are quickly improving. We’ve also analyzed which countries offer the best access to 4G and which operators are leading the way in speeds and coverage. For further context, we’ve included a look at speeds and 4G Availability in Central America.

Mobile speeds improved in most of Latin America’s major markets

As we saw last year, Peru had the fastest mean download speed of the group during Q1 2019, and the third largest year-over-year increase. Argentina showed the largest percentage increase and came in fourth during Q1 2019. Mexico is the exception with a second-place download speed but a 4% decline in mobile speed since last year.

Mobile Speeds in Latin America’s Largest Markets
Q1 2019 | SpeedtestⓇ Data
Country Mean Download (Mbps) % Change YOY
Peru 23.07 15.4%
Mexico 22.02 -4.0%
Brazil 21.30 25.7%
Argentina 19.78 37.5%
Chile 18.47 13.6%
Colombia 17.36 10.3%

Fastest mobile operators

We also looked at the fastest mobile operator in each country during Q1 2019 using Speed ScoreTM (a weighted trimean that combines download and upload speeds) for top providers (operators with 3% or larger market share) on modern devices.

Claro, the Mexican-owned telecommunications company, achieved the highest Speed Score in Peru, Chile and Brazil. In Peru this was due to the combination of 700 MHz LTE and 300 Mbps LTE-A service. In Chile, Claro is mainly using the 700 MHz and 2600 MHz spectrum. Claro uses 700 MHz in Brazil to augment the existing 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz networks, and additional capacity is available in places like Rio de Janeiro where Claro has deployed a 1 Gbps capable License Assisted Access (LAA) network in select locations.

Fastest Operators in Latin America’s Largest Markets
Q1 2019 | SpeedtestⓇ Data
Country Mobile Operator Speed ScoreTM
Argentina Personal 23.16
Brazil Claro 29.48
Chile Claro 23.53
Colombia TigoUNE 17.78
Mexico Telcel 26.20
Peru Claro 28.43

Personal delivered the fastest speeds in Argentina via 700 MHz, 1700 MHz and 2600 MHz plus carrier aggregation. Personal now provides service in over 1,350 towns and cities, having added 390 new locations in 2018. TigoUNE in Colombia launched LTE-Advanced speeds of up to 230 Mbps in parts of Bogota and Medellín. Mexico’s fastest operator, Telcel, has quietly started deploying gigabit class LTE to 76 cities throughout Mexico.

Cellular service is widely available while 4G Availability varies

Speedtest data shows that mobile users in Latin America’s largest markets were able to find service in 96% or more of surveyed locations. Chile showed the best General Availability at 99.7%. Colombia was second and Peru third. Brazil came in last for General Availability with 96.9%.

4G Availability in Latin America’s Largest Markets
Q1 2019 | SpeedtestⓇ Data
Country General Availability 4G Availability
Chile 99.7% 78.9%
Colombia 99.3% 59.3%
Peru 99.2% 87.4%
Argentina 98.7% 76.9%
Mexico 98.3% 76.7%
Brazil 96.9% 54.9%

On the other hand, a mobile user’s ability to consistently access 4G is highly dependent on which country they live in. Customers in Peru have the best chance of connecting to LTE with a 4G Availability of 87.4%. Chile, Argentina and Mexico all show 4G Availability in the mid- to upper-70s. Brazil showed the worst 4G Availability in Latin America’s largest markets with mobile users accessing LTE a majority of the time in only 54.9% of surveyed locations.

Mobile operators with the best coverage

Coverage can be as important as speeds, especially in countries with large rural areas and/or difficult terrains. To better understand who offers the best coverage in a country, Ookla aggregates a score for coverage based on where each operator offers service and the average quality of service in those areas. The higher an operator’s Coverage ScoreTM for a given area, the more locations in that overall area where the operator has high quality service.

We looked at which of the top providers showed the best coverage in each country and found that Telcel, a subsidiary of América Móvil, in had the highest Coverage Score in Mexico during Q1 2019. Another América Móvil subsidiary, Claro had the best coverage in both Colombia and Argentina. Telefónica subsidiary Movistar topped the list in Peru and Chile and Vivo, also a subsidiary of Telefónica, had the best coverage in Brazil. Coverage Score is not comparable across countries due to differing geographies.

Operators with Best Coverage in Latin America’s Largest Markets
Q1 2019 | SpeedtestⓇ Data
Country Mobile Operator Coverage ScoreTM
Argentina Claro 570
Brazil Vivo 547
Chile Movistar 690
Colombia Claro 638
Mexico Telcel 816
Peru Movistar 697

How Central American mobile speeds and availability compare

Smaller markets in Latin America also show interesting dynamics. While some parts of Central America have struggled with poverty, political unrest and corruption, others have not. What’s interesting is that mobile speeds and 4G Availability aren’t always hindered by these conditions in the ways that we might expect.

Mobile Speeds and Availability in Central America
Q1 2019 | SpeedtestⓇ Data
Country Mean Download (Mbps) General Availability 4G Availability
Belize 23.30 99.4% 67.5%
Costa Rica 19.22 99.5% 45.7%
El Salvador 8.79 99.9% 34.9%
Guatemala 16.75 99.9% 65.9%
Honduras 21.29 99.5% 51.4%
Nicaragua 20.13 99.8% 45.8%
Panama 9.74 99.8% 74.4%

The good news is good. Belize showed the fastest mean download speeds over mobile in Central America in Q1 2019, faster even than those in Peru. Mobile download speeds in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica were also particularly strong and would place them in the mid- to upper-range if we combined Central America with the list of largest markets. General Availability is above 99% in all Central American countries and Panama showed the best 4G Availability at 74.4%.

The bad news is not great. While mean mobile download speeds in Panama and El Salvador are fast enough to stream HD video, they are much slower than in Latin America’s largest markets and place these countries in line with speeds experienced in Haiti. El Salvador also showed the lowest 4G Availability in Central America at 34.9%. 4G Availability in Nicaragua and Costa Rica was also relatively low at 45.8% and 45.7%, respectively.

We’ll continue watching these markets to see how improving speeds change rankings and how network enhancements affect 4G Availability. If you are interested in detailed views of these metrics and more, learn more about Speedtest Intelligence.

Velocidades, disponibilidad de 4G y cobertura de la telefonía móvil en los mercados más importantes de América Latina

En la mayoría de los casos, los principales mercados de América Latina experimentaron aumentos de dos dígitos en las velocidades medias de descarga móvil durante el año pasado. Mientras que la única implementación de 5G que se ha visto en América Latina se realizó en Uruguay, los operadores de todo el continente están trabajando para expandir el 4G LTE y prepararse para las tecnologías futuras. Con datos de Speedtest IntelligenceⓇ, examinamos las velocidades de descarga móvil para ver en qué países son más rápidas y en cuáles están mejorando rápidamente. También analizamos qué países ofrecen el mejor acceso al 4G y qué operadores son los líderes en velocidad y cobertura. Para ofrecer un mayor contexto, incluimos un breve análisis de la disponibilidad de 4G en América Central.

Las velocidades móviles mejoraron en la mayoría de los principales mercados de América Latina

Como observamos el año pasado, Perú tuvo la velocidad media de descarga más rápida del grupo durante el primer trimestre de 2019 y el tercer mayor aumento interanual. Argentina mostró el mayor aumento porcentual y quedó cuarta durante el primer trimestre de 2019. México es la excepción, con el segundo lugar en velocidad de descarga, pero una disminución del 4 % en la velocidad móvil respecto del año pasado.

Velocidades móviles en los mercados más importantes de América Latina
Primer trimestre de 2019 | Datos de SpeedtestⓇ
País Descarga media (Mbps) Porcentaje de cambio interanual
Perú 23,07 15,4%
México 22,02 -4,0%
Brasil 21,30 25,7%
Argentina 19,78 37,5%
Chile 18,47 13,6%
Colombia 17,36 10,3%

Operadores de telefonía móvil más rápidos

También analizamos el operador de telefonía móvil más rápido en cada país durante el primer trimestre de 2019 con Speed ScoreTM (un trimeano ponderado que combina las velocidades de carga y descarga) entre los principales proveedores (operadores con una cuota de mercado del 3 % o superior) en dispositivos modernos.

Claro, la compañía de telecomunicaciones mexicana, logró el mayor Speed Score en Perú, Chile y Brasil. En Perú, esto se debió a la combinación de los servicios LTE de 700 MHz y LTE-A de 300 Mbps. En Chile, Claro utiliza principalmente el espectro de 700 MHz y 2600 MHz. Claro emplea 700 MHz en Brasil para aumentar las redes existentes de 1800 MHz y 2600 MHz, y ofrece capacidad adicional disponible en lugares como Río de Janeiro, donde ha implementado una red de acceso asistido por licencia (LAA, License Assisted Access) con capacidad de 1 Gbps en lugares seleccionados.

Operadores de telefonía móvil más rápidos en los mercados más importantes de América Latina
Primer trimestre de 2019 | Datos de SpeedtestⓇ
País Operador de telefonía móvil Speed ScoreTM
Argentina Personal 23,16
Brasil Claro 29,48
Chile Claro 23,53
Colombia TigoUNE 17,78
México Telcel 26,20
Perú Claro 28,43

Personal ofreció las velocidades más rápidas en Argentina con 700 MHz, 1700 MHz y 2600 MHz más Carrier Aggregation. Personal ya brinda sus servicios en más de 1350 pueblos y ciudades, después de sumar 390 nuevas localidades en 2018. En Colombia, TigoUNE lanzó velocidades de LTE-Advanced de hasta 230 Mbps en áreas de Bogotá y Medellín. El operador más rápido de México, Telcel, ha comenzado a implementar LTE de clase Gigabit en 76 ciudades de todo México.

El servicio celular está ampliamente disponible, pero la disponibilidad de 4G varía

Según los datos de Speedtest, los usuarios de telefonía móvil en los mercados más importantes de América Latina pudieron encontrar servicio en el 96 % o más de los lugares encuestados. Chile mostró la mejor disponibilidad general, con el 99,7 %. Colombia ocupó el segundo lugar y Perú, el tercero. Brasil quedó último en disponibilidad general, con el 96,9 %.

Disponibilidad de 4G en los mercados más importantes de América Latina
Primer trimestre de 2019 | Datos de SpeedtestⓇ
País Disponibilidad general Disponibilidad de 4G
Chile 99,7% 78,9%
Colombia 99,3% 59,3%
Perú 99,2% 87,4%
Argentina 98,7% 76,9%
México 98,3% 76,7%
Brasil 96,9% 54,9%

Por otro lado, la capacidad de un usuario móvil de obtener un acceso constante a 4G depende ampliamente del país en el que vive. Los clientes en Perú tienen la mayor probabilidad de conectarse a LTE con una disponibilidad de 4G del 87,4 %. Chile, Argentina y México muestran una disponibilidad de 4G de entre el 75 y el 79 %. Brasil tuvo la peor disponibilidad de 4G entre los mercados más importantes de América Latina, ya que los usuarios de telefonía móvil obtuvieron acceso a LTE la mayor parte del tiempo en solo el 54,9 % de los lugares encuestados.

Operadores de telefonía móvil con la mejor cobertura

La cobertura puede ser tan importante como las velocidades, especialmente en países con grandes zonas rurales o terrenos difíciles. Para ayudar a comprender mejor quién ofrece la mejor cobertura en cada país, Ookla calcula una puntuación por cobertura basada en dónde brinda servicio cada operador y la calidad promedio del servicio en esas áreas. Cuanto mayor es la puntuación de Coverage ScoreTM de un operador para un área determinada, más son las ubicaciones de esa área general en las que el operador presta un servicio de alta calidad.

Analizamos cuál de los principales operadores brindó la mejor cobertura en cada país y concluimos que Telcel, una subsidiaria de América Móvil, obtuvo la mayor puntuación de Coverage Score en México durante el primer trimestre de 2019. Otra subsidiaria de América Móvil, Claro, tuvo la mejor cobertura tanto en Colombia como en Argentina. Una subsidiaria de Telefónica, Movistar, encabezó la lista en Perú y Chile, y Vivo, también subsidiaria de Telefónica, tuvo la mejor cobertura en Brasil. Debido a las diferentes geografías, las puntuaciones de Coverage Score no son comparables entre diferentes países.

Operador con mejor cobertura en los mercados más importantes de América Latina
Primer trimestre de 2019 | Datos de SpeedtestⓇ
País Operador de telefonía móvil Coverage ScoreTM
Argentina Claro 570
Brasil Vivo 547
Chile Movistar 690
Colombia Claro 638
México Telcel 816
Perú Movistar 697

Comparación con las velocidades y la disponibilidad de la telefonía móvil en América Central

Los mercados más pequeños de América Latina también muestran dinámicas interesantes. Si bien en algunas partes de América Central ha habido dificultades relacionadas con la pobreza, la inestabilidad política y la corrupción, en otras no ha sido así. Resulta interesante destacar que las velocidades móviles y la disponibilidad de 4G no siempre se ven afectadas por estas condiciones de la manera que se podría esperar.

Velocidades y disponibilidad móviles en América Central
Primer trimestre de 2019 | Datos de SpeedtestⓇ
País Descarga media (Mbps) Disponibilidad general Disponibilidad de 4G
Belice 23,30 99,4% 67,5%
Costa Rica 19,22 99,5% 45,7%
El Salvador 8,79 99,9% 34,9%
Guatemala 16,75 99,9% 65,9%
Honduras 21,29 99,5% 51,4%
Nicaragua 20,13 99,8% 45,8%
Panamá 9,74 99,8% 74,4%

Las buenas noticias son buenas. Belice exhibió las velocidades medias de descarga más rápidas de la telefonía móvil en América Central en el primer trimestre de 2019, superando incluso a las de Perú. Las velocidades de descarga móvil en Honduras, Nicaragua y Costa Rica también fueron especialmente potentes y colocarían a estos países en el rango medio a superior si combináramos América Central con la lista de los mercados más importantes. La disponibilidad general supera el 99 % en todos los países centroamericanos, y Panamá exhibió la mejor disponibilidad de 4G, con el 74,4 %.

Las malas noticias no son alentadoras. Si bien las velocidades medias de descarga móvil en Panamá y El Salvador son lo suficientemente rápidas como para transmitir videos en HD, son mucho más lentas que en los mercados más importantes de América Latina y colocan a estos países en línea con las velocidades experimentadas en Haití. El Salvador también exhibió la menor disponibilidad de 4G en América Central, con el 34,9 %. La disponibilidad de 4G en Nicaragua y Costa Rica también fue baja en términos relativos, con el 45,8 % y el 45,7 %, respectivamente.

Continuaremos atentos a estos mercados para ver cómo la mejora de las velocidades cambia las clasificaciones y de qué manera las mejoras en la red afectan la disponibilidad de 4G. Si desea obtener un análisis detallado de estas métricas y datos adicionales, consulte más información sobre Speedtest Intelligence.

Velocidades móveis, disponibilidade 4G e cobertura nos maiores mercados da América Latina

Os principais mercados da América Latina, na maioria dos casos, registraram aumentos de dois dígitos nas velocidades médias de download de dispositivos móveis durante o ano passado. Embora as únicas implantaçãoes 5G vistas na América Latina tenham sido realizadas no Uruguai e no Brasil, operadoras de todo o continente estão trabalhando para expandir o 4G LTE e se preparar para as próximas tecnologias. Usando dados do Speedtest IntelligenceⓇ, examinamos as velocidades de download de dispositivos móveis para ver quais países são mais rápidos e quais estão melhorando rapidamente. Analisamos também quais países oferecem o melhor acesso ao 4G e quais operadoras lideram em termos de velocidade e cobertura. Por conta de um contexto mais abrangente, incluímos as velocidades e a disponibilidade do 4G na América Central.

As velocidades de dispositivos móveis melhoraram na maioria dos principais mercados da América Latina

Como vimos no ano passado, o Peru teve a velocidade média de download mais rápida do grupo durante o primeiro trimestre de 2019, e o terceiro maior aumento em relação ao ano anterior. A Argentina apresentou o maior aumento percentual e ficou em quarto lugar no primeiro trimestre de 2019. O México é a exceção, com o segundo lugar em velocidade de download, mas uma queda de 4% na velocidade de dispositivos móveis desde o ano passado.

Velocidades móveis nos maiores mercados da América Latina
1º trimestre de 2019 | Dados do SpeedtestⓇ
País Download médio (Mbps) % de alteração de ano a ano
Peru 23,07 15,4%
México 22,02 -4,0%
Brasil 21,30 25,7%
Argentina 19,78 37,5%
Chile 18,47 13,6%
Colômbia 17,36 10,3%

Operadoras móveis mais rápidas

Também analisamos a operadora móvel mais rápida em cada país durante o primeiro trimestre de 2019 usando o Speed ScoreTM (um ajuste ponderado que combina velocidades de download e upload) para os principais provedores (operadoras com participação de mercado de 3% ou mais) em dispositivos modernos.

A Claro, empresa de telecomunicações mexicana, alcançou o maior Speed Score no Peru, no Chile e no Brasil. No Peru, isso se deveu àcombinação do serviço LTE de 700 MHz e LTE-A de 300 Mbps. No Chile, a Claro utiliza principalmente o espectro de 700 MHz e 2600 MHz. A Claro usa 700 MHz no Brasil para aumentar as redes existentes de 1800 MHz e 2600 MHz, e há mais capacidade disponível em lugares como o Rio de Janeiro, onde a Claro implantou uma rede de Acesso Licenciado e Assistido (LAA) com capacidade de 1 Gbps em locais selecionados.

Operadoras mais rápidas nos maiores mercados da América Latina
1º trimestre de 2019 | Dados do SpeedtestⓇ
País Operadora móvel Speed ScoreTM
Argentina Personal 23,16
Brasil Claro 29,48
Chile Claro 23,53
Colômbia TigoUNE 17,78
México Telcel 26,20
Peru Claro 28,43

A Personal forneceu as velocidades mais rápidas na Argentina com 700 MHz, 1700 MHz e 2600 MHz, além da agregação de operadoras. A Personal presta serviços em mais de 1.350 cidades, com 390 novos locais em 2018. A TigoUNE, na Colômbia, lançou velocidades LTE-Advanced de até 230 Mbps em partes de Bogotá e Medellín. A operadora mais rápida do México, a Telcel, começou sem alarde a implantar o LTE de classe gigabit em 76 cidades em todo o México.

O serviço de celulares está amplamente disponível, enquanto a disponibilidade do 4G varia

Os dados do Speedtest mostram que os usuários de dispositivos móveis nos maiores mercados da América Latina conseguiram encontrar serviços em 96% ou mais dos locais pesquisados. O Chile apresentou a melhor disponibilidade geral, com 99,7%. A Colômbia ficou em segundo e o Peru em terceiro. O Brasil ficou em último lugar, com disponibilidade geral de 96,9%.

Disponibilidade do 4G nos maiores mercados da América Latina
1º trimestre de 2019 | Dados do SpeedtestⓇ
País Disponibilidade geral Disponibilidade do 4G
Chile 99,7% 78,9%
Colômbia 99,3% 59,3%
Peru 99,2% 87,4%
Argentina 98,7% 76,9%
México 98,3% 76,7%
Brasil 96,9% 54,9%

Por outro lado, a capacidade de um usuário de dispositivos móveis de acessar de modo consistente o 4G depende muito do país em que ele mora. Os clientes do Peru têm a melhor chance de se conectar ao LTE, com uma disponibilidade de 87,4% para o 4G. A disponibilidade do 4G no Chile, na Argentina e no México ultrapassa os 70%. O Brasil tem a pior disponibilidade do 4G entre os maiores mercados da América Latina, com usuários móveis acessando o LTE na maior parte do tempo em apenas 54,9% dos locais pesquisados.

Operadoras móveis com a melhor cobertura

A cobertura pode ser tão importante quanto a velocidade, especialmente em países com grandes áreas rurais e/ou terrenos de difícil acesso. Para entender melhor quem oferece a melhor cobertura em um país, a Ookla agrega uma pontuação para cobertura com base no local em que cada operadora oferece serviço e na qualidade média do serviço nessas áreas. Quanto maior o Coverage ScoreTM de um operador para uma determinada área, mais locais nessa área geral o operador terá um serviço de alta qualidade.

Analisamos quais dos principais provedores apresentaram a melhor cobertura em cada país e descobrimos que a Telcel, uma subsidiária da América Móvil, teve o maior Coverage Score no México durante o primeiro trimestre de 2019. Outra subsidiária da América Móvil, a Claro, teve a melhor cobertura na Colômbia e na Argentina. A Movistar, subsidiária da Telefónica, liderou a lista no Peru e no Chile, e a Vivo, também subsidiária da Telefónica, teve a melhor cobertura no Brasil. O Coverage Score não é comparável entre países por causa das diferenças entre as regiões geográficas.

Operadora com melhor cobertura nos maiores mercados da América Latina
1º trimestre de 2019 | Dados do SpeedtestⓇ
País Operadora móvel Coverage ScoreTM
Argentina Claro 570
Brasil Vivo 547
Chile Movistar 690
Colômbia Claro 638
México Telcel 816
Peru Movistar 697

Como as velocidades e a disponibilidade dos dispositivos móveis da América Central se saem na comparação

Os mercados menores na América Latina também apresentam dinâmicas interessantes. Enquanto algumas partes da América Central lutam contra a pobreza, a agitação política e a corrupção, outras não têm esses problemas. O interessante é que a disponibilidade do 4G e as velocidades dos dispositivos móveis nem sempre são prejudicadas por essas condições da maneira que poderíamos esperar.

Velocidades móveis e disponibilidade na América Central
1º trimestre de 2019 | Dados do SpeedtestⓇ
País Download médio (Mbps) Disponibilidade geral Disponibilidade do 4G
Belize 23,30 99,4% 67,5%
Costa Rica 19,22 99,5% 45,7%
El Salvador 8,79 99,9% 34,9%
Guatemala 16,75 99,9% 65,9%
Honduras 21,29 99,5% 51,4%
Nicarágua 20,13 99,8% 45,8%
Panamá 9,74 99,8% 74,4%

A boa notícia é boa. Belize mostrou a mais rápida média de velocidade de download em dispositivos móveis da América Central no primeiro trimestre de 2019, mais rápida até do que no Peru. As velocidades de download em dispositivos móveis em Honduras, na Nicarágua e na Costa Rica também foram bem sólidas e colocariam esses países em uma faixa de média a alta se combinássemos a América Central com a lista dos maiores mercados. A disponibilidade geral está acima de 99% em todos os países da América Central, e o Panamá mostrou a melhor disponibilidade do 4G, com 74,4%.

A má notícia não é nada boa. Embora as velocidades médias de download em dispositivos móveis no Panamá e em El Salvador sejam rápidas o suficiente para transmitir vídeo em alta definição, elas são muito mais lentas do que nos maiores mercados da América Latina e colocam esses países alinhados com as velocidades experimentadas no Haiti. El Salvador também apresentou a menor disponibilidade de 4G da América Central, com 34,9%. A disponibilidade do 4G na Nicarágua e na Costa Rica também foi relativamente baixa, com 45,8% e 45,7%, respectivamente.

Continuaremos prestando atenção a esses mercados para ver como a melhoria da velocidade muda a classificação e como os aprimoramentos da rede afetam a disponibilidade do 4G. Se você estiver interessado em visualizações detalhadas dessas métricas e muito mais, saiba mais sobre o Speedtest Intelligence.

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